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I am running a huge import to my database(about 200k records) and I'm having a serious issue with my import script timing out. I used my cell phone as a stop watch and found that it times out at exactly 45 seconds every pass(internal server error)... it only does about 200 records at a time, sometimes less. I scanned my phpinfo() and nothing is set to 45 seconds; so, I am clueless as to why it would be doing this.
My max_execution_time is set to 5 minutes and my max_input_time is set to 60 seconds. I also tried setting set_time_limit(0); ignore_user_abort(1); at the top of my page but it did not work.
It may also be helpful to note that my error file reads: "Premature end of script headers" as the execution error.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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To increase the script execution time, you can use the following snippet at the top of your script. ini_set ( 'max_execution_time' , '300' ); In the above example, it would set the max_execution_time directive to 300 seconds.
The set_time_limit() function lets you set how long a script should be allowed to execute. This value is usually set inside php. ini under the max_execution_time setting; however, you can override that here. The function takes one parameter, which is the number of seconds you want the script to have.
I tried all the solutions on this page and, of course, running from the command line:
php -f filename.php
as Brent says is the sensible way round it.
But if you really want to run a script from your browser that keeps timing out after 45 seconds with a 500 internal server error (as I found when rebuilding my phpBB search index) then there's a good chance it's caused by mod_fcgid.
I have a Plesk VPS and I fixed it by editing the file
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf
Specifically, I changed
FcgidIOTimeout 45
to
FcgidIOTimeout 3600
3600 seconds = 1 hour. Should be long enough for most but adjust upwards if required. I saw one example quoting 7200 seconds in there.
Finally, restart Apache to make the new setting active.
apachectl graceful
HTH someone. It's been bugging me for 6 months now!
Cheers,
Rich
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