How do i make a Php script terminate after a fixed amount of time
Using the max_execution_time setting in PHP.
Ie:
ini_set('max_execution_time', 30);
Would end the script after 30 seconds of execution (this is default in PHP)
You could also use:
set_time_limit(30);
See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php and http://www.php.net/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.max-execution-time
I would use the set_time_limit() function which specifies the amount of time a script is allowed to run after the point at which this function has been called.
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