Setting max execution time

[nicdp]

Is it possible to set a max execution time on a part of script?

If I have a script with the next structure:
- part 1
- part 2
- part 3

Is it possible to tell the script that if "part 2" takes longer than 3 seconds it has to be skipped to go further to part 3?

[bubblenut]

You may be able to build something manually but it depends on what part 2 is doing.

[nicdp]

AN example could be: Part 2 is a loop which sends the same e-mail to 10 different e-mails (taken from a database for example).

[bubblenut]

With a loop, yes.
Checkout [man]microtime()[/man] for a function which returns a milisecond timestamp and then just test on each iteration if the time limit has been exeded. If it has then break;