How do you get a Cronjob executing a PHP script to run longer than 30 seconds?

Question

How can I rewrite this into a cron that will run every day for longer than 30 seconds? Also, do I need to edit the .htaccess or php.ini file in the

Answer 1

You don't need to set a higher max_execution_time if you use PHP CLI:

CLI SAPI default value for "max_execution_time" is set to unlimited.

http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.differences.php