Tip: Own server: Execution time

[John]

PHP with gd can be slow. Some servers might stop, telling you the maximum time of script execution has been not enough. You can change this in your php.ini.

max_execution_time = 320 ; (Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds)

Just thought i would make a note (for search purposes.) of this as it can be an easy thing to overlook.

John

*Realise this isnt the 'php' help forum or anything, but its an important thing to use sometimes, esp. if/when resample() func. is used.

[pcfreak]

this is not a good idee ! site visitors don't wait 5 minutes.

If its realy slow, search for a new host, but don't change the settings in php.ini

[Joachim Müller]

pcfreak, you're absolutely wrong: GD's speed is only relevant for coppermine when uploading/batch-adding images. Users/visitors are of course not affected by the speed of GD, as the intermediate sized images and thumbs have already been created on upload, so they're simply viewing existing files => no gd => no time issues.

John is perfectly right, although I'd like to add that only those who run their own server can edit max_execution_time. Those who are with a webhost (probably the majority of users) can not edit/change this setting (and there's little use contacting your webhost on this issue - they probably have their reasons why they set it the way it is).

GauGau

[pcfreak]

pcfreak, you're absolutely wrong: GD's speed is only relevant for coppermine when uploading/batch-adding images. Users/visitors are of course not affected by the speed of GD, as the intermediate sized images and thumbs have already been created on upload, so they're simply viewing existing files => no gd => no time issues.

John is perfectly right, although I'd like to add that only those who run their own server can edit max_execution_time. Those who are with a webhost (probably the majority of users) can not edit/change this setting (and there's little use contacting your webhost on this issue - they probably have their reasons why they set it the way it is).

GauGau

Im not agree  GauGau, my album have a lot of members who uploading there pictures self. and complaining about the long waiting time when they are upload pictures. This is a everyday process. What is realy going wrong when the execution time is high (long) , the other online visitors have also slowly browsing the site.

I have decided to set the time sort, about 20 seconds. and when the picture isn't uploaded in 20 seconds, then bad luck. I have the simple hint to resize the picture before uploading.

Users/visitors are of course not affected by the speed of GD, as the intermediate sized images and thumbs have already been created on upload, so they're simply viewing existing files => no gd => no time issues.

Thats is the good thing and the power of coppermine  :wink: , other scripts generate the thumbs "on the fly" when browsing  :?

[Adm.Spock]

Let's just say that the ideal execution time varies per server and moreover: in wich context coppermine is used.

I'm going to set the execution time quite high on my server too, I want my users to be able to upload quite large photo's, as I don't want to compromise on quality

Thanks for the tip!

[mxg]

Bear in mind that increasing the execution time doesn't affect script performance, it's merely a cut off point that PHP uses to stop scripts which are taking too long.
Only if you have some kind of very bad loop will it affect any other pages.