How to keep a php script from timing out because of a long mysql query

Question

I have an update query being run by a cron task that\'s timing out. The query takes, on average, five minutes to execute when executed in navicat.

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Answer 1

Is your php running in safe-mode? Quote from PHP manual of set_time_limit:

This function has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode. There is no workaround other than turning off safe mode or changing the time limit in the php.ini.