I could not reproduce this problem. I also checked http://bugs.php.net/ and could not find any indications of a problem with max_execution_time.
I used the following program: #!/usr/bin/php <?php while(true) { echo "lets test the timeout\n"; } ?> it ran until I stopped it. =========== Things to be aware of. There are two different php.ini files. If you run php from the command line you get /etc/php5/cli/php.ini but if you run it from a web page you get /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini if you run it from a cgi I am not sure which config file it uses. However, in addition to this it also loads all of the config files in the /etc/php5/conf.d directory, any one of which could override any setting that is in the php.ini. I find that relying on ini settings is not a good way to do it, instead at the start of your program you should just do a set_time_limit(0); As a further consideration, the web protocol itself is not designed for infinite time periods. If you are trying to run a 30 minute program from a web browser doing a page load, that is just not possible. The web browser itself will timeout and close the connection after about 5 minutes. ** Changed in: php5 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- hardy php5 max execution time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252843 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs