Comments on: What to do if your cron job is failing http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/ Visit WebBasedCron.com for all your cron hosting needs Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Php Catalog http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-2346 Php Catalog Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:23:20 +0000 http://webbasedcron.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-2346 it's easy to increase the max execution time it’s easy to increase the max execution time

]]> By: Matt http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-2265 Matt Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:45:16 +0000 http://webbasedcron.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-2265 Hi, That's great, but I don't see how it would work for me. My website is running ASP.NET 2.0 on a shared hosting environment and I don't think I would have permission to run jobs in the background. The job I'm looking to automate is a mass email up to 1000 recpients. I have negotiated to split the task into around 10 batches set off at 60 second intervals, so my script takes 10 minutes total to run (this limitation suggested by hosting company to avoid jamming the mail server). I could set up 10 cron jobs I suppose, but is there a better solution using your system? Thanks. Hi,
That’s great, but I don’t see how it would work for me. My website is running ASP.NET 2.0 on a shared hosting environment and I don’t think I would have permission to run jobs in the background.
The job I’m looking to automate is a mass email up to 1000 recpients. I have negotiated to split the task into around 10 batches set off at 60 second intervals, so my script takes 10 minutes total to run (this limitation suggested by hosting company to avoid jamming the mail server). I could set up 10 cron jobs I suppose, but is there a better solution using your system?
Thanks.

]]> By: totodu web http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-514 totodu web Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:46:55 +0000 http://webbasedcron.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-514 you just write : ? > set_time_limit(420); ignore_user_abort(true); function() { ... } ? > and it leaves you work 420 seconds ;) you just write :

? >
set_time_limit(420);
ignore_user_abort(true);

function() {
…
}
? >

and it leaves you work 420 seconds ;)

]]> By: WebBasedCron blog & faq » A great way to never have your PHP script fail http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-11 WebBasedCron blog & faq » A great way to never have your PHP script fail Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:53:33 +0000 http://webbasedcron.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-11 [...] A little while ago I wrote a post about how to prevent your cron job from failing.  A comment was posted suggesting the use of the PHP function ignore_user_abort(true). This is a great idea; anyone who is running a PHP script should put this: [...] [...] A little while ago I wrote a post about how to prevent your cron job from failing.  A comment was posted suggesting the use of the PHP function ignore_user_abort(true). This is a great idea; anyone who is running a PHP script should put this: [...]

]]> By: FinalArena http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-9 FinalArena Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:15:17 +0000 http://webbasedcron.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-9 ...or you can add ignore_user_abort(true); in php...then when the connection is closed, the script continues to run. …or you can add ignore_user_abort(true); in php…then when the connection is closed, the script continues to run.

]]> By: webbasedcron http://blog.webbasedcron.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-5 webbasedcron Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:36:08 +0000 http://webbasedcron.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/what-to-do-if-your-cron-job-is-failing/#comment-5 If your using a windows machine, the exec command might be a bit different. I'll look into this and post a solution George If your using a windows machine, the exec command might be a bit different. I’ll look into this and post a solution

George

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