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

check phpinfo() from a temp script and search for max_execution_time. make sure that it has same value what you are setting. default should be 30 seconds. try to change it to a couple of different values and restart apache then check the value in phpinfo() to confirm.

if when you change the value it is reflected properly in the phpinfo() it means that there is some code in your script which is changing this value. search for two things in your code:

1. search your code for ini_set() and check if it is change max_execution_time
2. search for set_time_limit()

these functions can change maximum time limit of execution from script. otherwise you should check .htaccess from where this value may be set. but this will effect phpinfo() also.