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

Ford, Mike wrote:
> 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.

Shouldn't be max execution time issue if he's running the CLI. Maybe 
account limits? Maybe the above snippet isn't what's really happening... 
I mean what purpose would the above script serve for 3 hours? Looks like 
it's been dumbed down for us dummies on the list.

Cheers,
Rob.
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