RE: [PHP] Why [?php while (true) { sleep(5); } ?] dies on CLI?

[email protected] ("Ford, Mike")
Newsgroups php.general
Message-ID <93ED589E60BA254F97435FE6C97F2C6702B925A9@leedsmet-exch1.leedsmet.ac.uk>
On 11 June 2009 12:00, Ashley Sheridan advised:

> On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 10:47 +0000, Jean-Pierre Arneodo wrote:
>> Hi!
>> I'm stuck.
>> I don't understand why the php CLI dies after 3 hours in my script.
Any
>> idea to solve? Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> PHP 5.2.9-0.dotdeb.2 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Apr  7
2009
>> 20:06:36) Linux ubuntu  2.6.24-19-server #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:44:47
UTC
>> 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux 
>> 
>> Conf [php.ini]
>> max_execution_time=0
>> 
>> <?php
>> while (true) {
>>         sleep(5);
>> }
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> The while loop will continue executing until its condition is false.
As
> you've got a boolean true as the condition, it will never end.

I think he realises that. His question is why "never" equates to 3 hours
in his environment.

Cheers!

Mike

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