Bypassing max_execution_time?

Question

It's 10 seconds on my server, and that's not enough for what I'm trying to do. It's been disabled by the webhost too.

If, after a certain amount of time of executing, I execute a separate PHP page, does that count towards the same time or does it start over on that page?

Is there another way around it?

Answer 1

Easy way around max execution time is to set time limit like so:

set_time_limit(0);

Answer 2

A possible workaround might involve setting cron jobs to do your task in smaller parts. I appreciate this is probably quite undesirable.