Is there a solution to this if you do not have edit access to the php.ini file? [ie. a shared server]
I found this function that seems to be a solution. What would the proper use be? ignore_user_abort(TRUE); ??? http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ignore-user-abort.php http://www.phpbuilder.com/tips/item.php?id=125 olinux --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, Faye. There's a parm in the configuration file > (php.ini) cleverly > called "max_execution_time". Its default setting is > 30. There's also a > "set_time_limit()" function that allows massaging > this variable. > > Does this help? > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: > > > Don't know anything about ole 30 second timeout... > what does it do? > > > > I checked out phpbuilder, and tried the sleep > function after each loop > > iteration (didn't seem to work), so now am trying > to send out the headlines > > in groups of 50... > > > > Sounds like others have the same problem. mail() > is a php weakness??? > > > > -- > > Faye Keesic > > Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design > > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:51:54 -0800 (PST) > > >> To: Faye Keesic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail > function > > >> > > >> Is it the ole 30-second timeout thang? > Changeable in php.ini? > > >> > > >> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi there... > > >>> > > >>> I have a problem mailing out approx. 180 > emails (no attachments) using the > > >>> mail() php function. I loop through the email > table once, sending the email > > >>> to everyone in the list. > > >>> > > >>> The problem is that my page seems to time out > when I send the emails, and it > > >>> refreshes itself. So if I don't manually stop > the browser after say, 10 > > >>> seconds, the recipients in the email table get > the email more than one time. > > >>> > > >>> Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many > emails at a time. I am on > > >>> apache using mysql and php... > > >>> -- > > >>> Faye Keesic > > >>> Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> PHP Database Mailing List > (http://www.php.net/) > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]