Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

Question

I am downloading a JSON file from an online source and and when it runs through the loop I am getting this error:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time

Answer 1

To extend your max_execution_time you can use either ini_set or set_time_limit.

// Set maximum execution time to 10 seconds this way
ini_set('max_execution_time', 10);
// or this way
set_time_limit(10);

!! But be aware that, both functions restarts also counting of time script has already taken to execute

sleep(2);
ini_set('max_execution_time', 5);

register_shutdown_function(function(){
    var_dump(microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT']);
});

for(;;);

//
// var_dump outputs float(7.1981489658356)
//

so if you want to set exact maximum amount of time script can run, your command must be very first.

Differences between those two functions are

• set_time_limit does not return info whether it was successful but it will throw a warning on error.
• ini_set returns old value on success, or false on failure without any warning/error