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mysql.connect_timeout   60 default_socket_timeout  60  Would
these be causing this behavior?  share|improve this question add
comment  4 Answers  In PHP did you use the function
share|improve this answer max_execution_time is a php.ini
directive as you said, but I suggest to try the set_time_limit()
at the top of the PHP script to ensure there is no configuration
issue. –  ring0 Sep 25 '10 at 15:01 add comment  It's also
possible that your PHP could be overriding it. For example, I
once had set "php_value max_execution_time 600" in my Apache
VirtualHost configuration on the Directory of my Drupal 5
install, but Drupal 5 core has a line in the includes folder
that says max_execution_time 240. Because the Drupal code came
later it overrode the Apache configuration.  The solution for me
to "force" my declaration was to set it in Apache as
"php_admin_value max_execution_time 600". The php_admin_value
means that PHP scripts cannot change the value you