Max execution time for PHP scripts?

[CSS]

I have a script that takes a while to run - 6-7 minutes I think. Its not processor intensive but it takes some time because it downloads some files.

On my home server (on windows Apache setup) the script runs fine, but on Dthorn it fails after a while. Can this be because Dathorn does not allow scripts to run for more that a certain time? (I already have set_time_limit(0) in my PHP)

[AndrewT]

You really should not be running processes that take even nearly that long to run. 6-7 minutes of downloading is a LOT of data on a 10Mbps or 100Mbps connection depending on which server you are on.

[CSS]

Its not one big download. It just takes small files and process them. In total they are less than 8MB.

On further investigation it seems that the problem is that a mysql_error kills the proccess.
While I truncate the tables before the execution I get a "Duplicate entry for key" error. What is more strange is that this error doesn't happen always at the same file, and that at my home PC it doesn't happen at all.

Any clues about what can be wrong?

[AndrewT]

There's just a coding error in there somewhere that's causing it, really not something we can help with.

[Buddha]

My favorite PHP forum: phpDN

There are always some problems going from Windows to Linux.

You really should not be running processes that take even nearly that long to run. 6-7 minutes of downloading is a LOT of data on a 10Mbps or 100Mbps connection depending on which server you are on.

Just thought that beared repeating. Just in case.

[CSS]

There's just a coding error in there somewhere that's causing it, really not something we can help with.

Well, I run the script several times. It always failed while processing a different file, and finally after 6-7 tries it managed to process all files.

If there was a codding error wouldn't it always fail at the same place?

[AndrewT]

Not necessarily. Something is causing that error, you'll have to isolate parts of it and find out what it is. We do not debug customer scripts so you're on your own there.

[Jonathan]

Not necessarily. Something is causing that error, you'll have to isolate parts of it and find out what it is. We do not debug customer scripts so you're on your own there.

As it should be We'd rather your time spent looking
after the servers and what not.. more useful for us

[Buddha]

As it should be We'd rather your time spent looking
after the servers and what not.. more useful for us

Yes indeed! Hey got any Cobra pictures yet?

[AndrewT]

Yes indeed! Hey got any Cobra pictures yet?

The car is not done yet, hope to have it all running and broken in by Thanksgiving but we'll see. But here's a pic of my new 7 liter friend

[Buddha]

The car is not done yet, hope to have it all running and broken in by Thanksgiving but we'll see. But here's a pic of my new 7 liter friend

Nice looking friend you got there!