PHP- cannot change max_execution_time in xampp

Question

I\'ve tried everything to change the max_execution_time of a php crawler script so that it can run an infinite amount of time.

I have changed the php.in

Answer 1

Try turning off safe mode in php and then try the below code

if( !ini_get('safe_mode') ){ 
    set_time_limit(0); //this won't work if safe_mode is enabled.
}

This should allow you to run the script for infinite time.

In Apache you can change maximum execution time by .htaccess with this line

php_value max_execution_time 200

set_time_limit() php manual ref.