Re: [PHP] Scripts slowing down?

René Leboeuf wrote:

> I'm running a large website. I have some mailing scripts that take
> days to run.
> 
> I noticed these scripts slow down with time, sometimes going to an
> almost complete stop (no mail sent for several minutes).
> 
> The source code is trivial and can't contain a loop. I monitored the
> memory usage and couldn't find a memory leak. Using APD, most of the
> time is reported to be spent in the fgets() function (script waiting
> for a sendmail reply). But sendmail still replies swiftly when this
> problem occurs.

It sounds like you are using SMTP to talk directly to your sendmail
daemon? 

> Restarting sendmail has no effect on these scripts. Restarting the
> scripts makes them run like hell for some hours, until the problem
> rises again.

So, if there is no loop in your script, what _does_ it contain? 


/Per Jessen, Zürich