Set max_execution_time in PHP CLI

Question

I know that PHP CLI is usually used because of none time limits and primary because it is not using Apache threads/processes.

But is there any way how to explicitly

Answer 1

The documentation says that when running in command line mode, the default is 0 (unlimited). It doesn't say that you cannot override it:

set_time_limit(10); // this way
ini_set('max_execution_time', 10); // or this way

Edit: I just tried it myself, and it works as expected.

F:\dev\www>c:php -f index.php
PHP Fatal error:  Maximum execution time of 2 seconds exceeded in F:\dev\www\index.php on line 3

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 2 seconds exceeded in F:\dev\www\index.php on line 3