long process and timeout

[Bob Bedford]

Some of my code has a long process, and my ISP limits the scripts to 30
seconds.

Now, I must absolutely create a file with some string (simply a number and
an email), then process any line with some long operations.
If the script timeouts, then calling the script again should start when it
finished.

How to achieve that ?

I tough about deleting the last line every time it's processed and then the
process is done when the file is empty.
There is also the possibility to create a tracker file where I save the last
processed number, but it's longer to do.

Any tip ?

[Erwin Moller]

Bob Bedford wrote:

Some of my code has a long process, and my ISP limits the scripts to 30
seconds.

Now, I must absolutely create a file with some string (simply a number and
an email), then process any line with some long operations.
If the script timeouts, then calling the script again should start when it
finished.

<snip>

Did you try to overrule that setting with ini_set?
You can use it at the start of your script and set another value for the
script timeout.

(read here)
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php

Try that first, if just might work.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[gron0022]

Bob Bedford wrote:

Some of my code has a long process, and my ISP limits the scripts to 30
seconds.

Now, I must absolutely create a file with some string (simply a number and
an email), then process any line with some long operations.
If the script timeouts, then calling the script again should start when it
finished.

How to achieve that ?

I tough about deleting the last line every time it's processed and then the
process is done when the file is empty.
There is also the possibility to create a tracker file where I save the last
processed number, but it's longer to do.

Any tip ?

[juglesh]

Erwin Moller wrote:

Bob Bedford wrote:

Some of my code has a long process, and my ISP limits the scripts to 30
seconds.

Now, I must absolutely create a file with some string (simply a number and
an email), then process any line with some long operations.
If the script timeouts, then calling the script again should start when it
finished.

<snip>

Did you try to overrule that setting with ini_set?
You can use it at the start of your script and set another value for the
script timeout.

(read here)
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php

or, if you are allowed to use .htaccess files, put one in the folder
that your long running script is in. Try this, it works great for me:

# php_value name value
php_value post_max_size 666M
php_value upload_max_filesize 10M
php_value max_execution_time 16666