My script stops executing

jokkemokke

Hi.

I have made a PHP script, which can fetch some data on another web page, format them and store them in a mysql database. In my page, it is possible to specify how many data should be fetched and stored. It takes some time fetching the data from the other page, since there are many data.

My script seems to work fine, when a small ammount of data is specified, but when many data should be fetched, the script seems to stop executing after it has been running for some time.

If I insert printf()'s in the script, I can see, that only some of the script was executed, and the browser doesn't return any errors. The script consists of three for() loops, which are used for loading the page, and find the needed data on the page line by line.

I also tried adding the line set_time_limit(0); but this doesn't have any effect niether.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Piranha

Set error_reporting(E_ALL) in the top of the script, then you will get an error. Please post it here, then it is much easier to help you out.

jokkemokke

I have now tried error_reporting("E_ALL") and also error_reporting("E_STRICT") but none error messages is returned.

Are the error messages printet on the web page or in a log file? Is there anything else I have to activate to be able to see the error messages?

MarkR

Don't set error_reporting("E_ALL"), as this is totally useless.

You should do

error_reporting(E_ALL);

Note the absence of quotes. E_ALL is a constant not a string. Using the string won't have the desired effect.

Mark

Piranha

Ops, I didn't know. Changed the post above in case someone else looks.