Time Out Error

[bigoxygen@gmail.com]

Hi.

My Web application contains a csv export function. This function
exports a lot of data, and it should take up to 2 minutes.
However, I think the "loading time limit" is 30 seconds or so. Does
anyone know how I can change this?

[Andy Hassall]

Re: Time Out Error

On 16 Mar 2005 13:49:51 -0800, bigoxygen@gmail .com wrote:
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>My Web application contains a csv export function. This function
>exports a lot of data, and it should take up to 2 minutes.
>However, I think the "loading time limit" is 30 seconds or so. Does
>anyone know how I can change this?[/color]

http://uk2.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=time+limit

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[Chung Leong]

[FAQ] Time Out Error


<bigoxygen@gmai l.com> wrote in message
news:1111009791 .658948.115150@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hi.
>
> My Web application contains a csv export function. This function
> exports a lot of data, and it should take up to 2 minutes.
> However, I think the "loading time limit" is 30 seconds or so. Does
> anyone know how I can change this?
>[/color]

Q. How do I run a time consuming PHP script?
A. Two types of time-outs can occur during the execution of a PHP script:
the server terminates the script because it is taking too long to finish, or
the client terminates the connection while waiting for a response. You can
avoid the first by setting a different time limit through
set_time_limit( )--server configuration permitting. The second type of
time-outs are much harder to avoid because you have no control over the
client. Typically a browser waits 30 seconds to a minute for data to arrive.
If your script does not output anything within that time frame, the
connection will be teriminated. An end-user might also terminate a
connection manually if the script seems unresponsive.

There is no good solution to this second problem. Your script must output
something to keep the connection active.

[Kenneth Downs]

Re: [FAQ] Time Out Error

Chung Leong wrote:
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>
> <bigoxygen@gmai l.com> wrote in message
> news:1111009791 .658948.115150@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
>> Hi.
>>
>> My Web application contains a csv export function. This function
>> exports a lot of data, and it should take up to 2 minutes.
>> However, I think the "loading time limit" is 30 seconds or so. Does
>> anyone know how I can change this?
>>[/color]
>
> Q. How do I run a time consuming PHP script?
> A. Two types of time-outs can occur during the execution of a PHP script:
> the server terminates the script because it is taking too long to finish,
> or the client terminates the connection while waiting for a response. You
> can avoid the first by setting a different time limit through
> set_time_limit( )--server configuration permitting. The second type of
> time-outs are much harder to avoid because you have no control over the
> client. Typically a browser waits 30 seconds to a minute for data to
> arrive. If your script does not output anything within that time frame,
> the connection will be teriminated. An end-user might also terminate a
> connection manually if the script seems unresponsive.
>
> There is no good solution to this second problem. Your script must output
> something to keep the connection active.[/color]

Or launch it as a background process and notify the client by some other
means, such as email.

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Secure Data Software, Inc.
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