Problem using while loop and delaying with sleep()

[strobic]

Hi,

 

I am trying to loop a script every 10 seconds but am getting the following error:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded

 

Part of the code is:

 

<?php

while (1)
{
echo "hello";
sleep(10);
ob_flush;
flush();
}
?>

 

I have put echo "hello" just to test before adding the script.

 

Is there a correct way to do this loop? also running this the page struggles and says it is still loading.

[johnny86]

PHP is server side language and therefore as long as your script is running, the browser won't get a response. Your script runs over 60 seconds because you are in an infinite loop. Which means you will never send a response to the browser. You should use JavaScript for scripts like that.

[chronister]

<?php

for($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++)
{
echo "hello";
sleep(10);
ob_flush;
flush();
}
?>

 

This will stop the infinite loop and only allow this to run 10 times.