PHP script is killed without explanation

Question

I\'m starting my php script in the following way:

bash  
cd \'path\'   
php -f \'scriptname\'.php

There is no output while the php script i

Answer 1

Your process is killed. There could be a multitude of reasons, but it's easy to discard some of the more obvious.

• php limits: if you run into a php limit, you'll get an error in the logfile, and probably on the commandline as well. This normally does not print 'killed'
• the session-is-ended-issues: if you still have your session, then your session is obvioiusly not ended, so disregard all the nohup and & stuff

If your server is starved for resources (no memory, no swap), the kernel might kill your process. This is probably what's happening.

In anycase: your process is getting send a signal that it should stop. Normally only a couple of 'things' can do this

• your account (e.g. you kill the process)
• an admin user (e.g. root)
• the kernel when it is really needing your memory for itself.
• maybe some automated process, for instance, if you live on a shared server and you take up more then your share of resources.

references: Who "Killed" my process and why?