performance???

[kriss37]

My php3 pages seem to be too slow.
The average time for them to appear is about 20-25 sec.
When i launched my site 2 weeks ago, all the pages were working okay, but now i keep getting "fatal error: maximum execution time exceed... ".
Is it possible that the company who host my site changed the time limit for my php pages?
As i understand it, the default setting should be 30 sec., right?
Now, i add this line in my script:
set_time_limit(45);
But, i have a new error message :
"Warning: Cannot set time limit in safe mode in your script on line... "
What is safe mode, and how can i set time limit, so my php pages would work???
Or is there a way to optimize php3 so my while-loops will not take that long?
Thanks,
Christophe

[Anon]

Sounds like they disabled your ability to change php configuration variables at runtime. That's what I think the safe mode is for.

I would take this issue up with their customer support people. I would say you have a good argument especially if you are paying for this service.