set_time_limit is not affecting PHP-CLI

Question

How to solve set_time_limit not affecting PHP-CLI?

#!/usr/bin/php -q 
 2 second         


        

Answer 1

I'm ssuming that the script hangs in a loop somewhoere. Why not simply do a $STARTUP_TIME=time() the the script start, and then keep checking in the loop if the script neeeds to exit?