Altering script time limit

[Anon]

I have a script that can sometimes take longer than 30 secods to run, as it is reading data from a server that sometimes takes an age to respond [and sometimes it is reading a fair chunk of data as well]. Is it possible for my to increase the script time-out value from the default 30 seconds for this particular script?

I'm told I can change the setting for all my scripts in a .htaccess file but can't find referrence to the format I should use for this. Also, I would prefer to change the setting only for the script(s) that need it.

FYI: I use PHP on a hosted service, so don't have any control of the server.

Thanks in advance...

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David James Spillett
[DaveS at no6.com]

[Anon]

Use the function set_time_limit(int seconds)

http://www.php.net/manual/function.set-time-limit.php

Hope that helps -

Chris King

[Anon]

Thanks for that: it does the trick.

I must have skipped that function when I was looking through the manual...

Cheers,
Dave.