PHP Cron Running Slow

Schroder · 11-27-2010, 06:57 PM

Hello,

I'm running into a peculiar problem with my PHP script. It runs fine when executed from the linux shell, taking up to 30 seconds, however when the cron job system runs the script it times out at 2 mins and is no where near done. I wanted to see if anyone here might know of a general issue before I start diving into this more.

The script itself checks ports and websites to make sure they are up. It uses socket functions, as well as file_get_contents.

Best Wishes,
Justin

Village Idiot · 11-27-2010, 11:34 PM

I would add some sort of logging functionality to the script so you can see where it is hanging up. Something like this (this is untested, but a general idea):

PHP Code:


			
<?php
//Function
function log($file,$message)
{
    $dateTime = date("F-d-Y H:i:s");
    $file = __FILE__;
    
    $string = $file . '(' . $dateTime . ') ' . $message . "\n";
    
    $fd = fopen($file, "a");
    fwrite($fd, $string . "\n");
    fclose($fd);
}

//Implimentation
define("LOGFILE","c:\phpLogFile.txt")

log(LOGFILE,"Executing a part of the script, relevant information: ");
?>

This will let you know what is running when, you will then be able to find the snag and we can work from there.