Hi.
Running PHP via ISAPI on Sambar Server.
I have a script which is allowed to take a long time.
The user has an Abort option and via clever use of sessions, the
script can be terminated.
All fine.
Sometimes, the user is too dumb to abort it when it has to do a LOT
more work than they expect.
In looking at the server threads, I see many of these scripts loaded,
all doing their job correctly but without ever being able to send
there details anywhere.
I understand that I can't just terminate the PHP isapi.dll as that
would bugger up the server, but does PHP have a mechanism by which a
thread that it is looking after can be terminated by the server making
a call to the isapi.dll.
I was thinking that if the max_exec_time could be "manipulated"
externally for a single thread within the dll, then the engine would
suddenly realise it had taken too long and would terminate.
Ideas?
Regards,
Richard Quadling.
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Running PHP via ISAPI on Sambar Server.
I have a script which is allowed to take a long time.
The user has an Abort option and via clever use of sessions, the
script can be terminated.
[This answer probably belongs on php-general, but does not directly
address the apropos question.]
I suspect that you may want to do some serious browser-compatibility
testing here...
It's possible that the "stupid" users are the ones using a browser in
which your Abort process simply doesn't work.
You might also want to consider converting the whole thing over to a
"job" oriented model.
Users submit "jobs" and they are processed, perhaps piece-meal, until
finished.
Once you have it "job" oriented, it gets a lot easier to manage
long-running jobs, notifiy users of status, etc.
And then NOBODY has to sit there waiting for too long, and your HTTP
connections are freed up to do something useful.
Tying up the relatively expensive HTTP connection for a long-running
process that requires no human interaction is kinda silly, usually.
:-)
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