PHP set_time_limit() does not work, safemode is off

Question

I try to disable the time limit in an PHP script by

set_time_limit(0);

but it does not work; the script is still aborted after the system d

Answer 1

I was able to solve the problem now. The reason was

php_admin_value max_execution_time "30"

... within the virtual host configuration. If set there, the time limit cannot be overridden by a PHP script. And the solution is to set it either in the php.ini instead of Apache config - that allows override ...

max_execution_time = 30

or to define exceptions for certain directories within the apache config, e.g.

<Directory /path/to/my/scripts>
  php_admin_value max_execution_time "600"
</Directory>

I also tried to define exceptions for single files using the <Files> directive, but that did not work.