maximum execution time exceeded...

[Anon]

Hi folks,

I´m using a cron-job driven php-script (stand alone process via php -q ...) for sending personalized mails.
Sometimes I occure the message "maximum execution time exceed". In php.ini it is set to 50 seconds.
The strange thing is, that the script sometimes takes 10 or 20 mins without any problems, but even sometimes I get this error.
My Question: What really means "maximum execution time"? It´s like a time-out criteria?

[tijger]

Found on php.net chapter 3
Configuration

"max_execution_time integer
This sets the maximum time in seconds a script is allowed to take before it is terminated by the parser. This helps prevent poorly written scripts from tying up the server. The default setting is 30."

you can use set_time_limit(seconds)
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php

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greetings