I'd like to know if it's possible to make the global 30-second time limit
that PHP3 has, to make it 5 minutes for example for a specified Virtual
host, or even for a directory.
Answer
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Use the set_time_limit() function :
set_time_limit -- limit the maximum execution time
Description
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void set_time_limit(int seconds);
Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If this is reached, the script returns
a fatal error. The default limit is 30 seconds or, if it exists, the max_execution_time value
defined in php3.ini. If seconds is set to zero, no time limit is imposed.
When called, set_time_limit() restarts the timeout counter from zero. In other words, if the
timeout is the default 30 seconds, and 25 seconds into script execution a call such as
set_time_limit(20) is made, the script will run for a total of 45 seconds before timing out.
NOTE : This function can't be used if you are running under safe mode
