max_input_time in window php

External Since: Dec 11, 2004 Posts: 1

changing max_input_time in php.ini does not make any difference.

What I am trying to do is wait for characters from the serial port, so when
i do a fgets($fh) it waits for a line of characters from the serial port.
If there is nothing there for 60 seconds then the program dies.

Is there any way of disabling the max_input_time time out feature?

External Since: Apr 21, 2004 Posts: 38

red rider spilled the following:

> changing max_input_time in php.ini does not make any difference.
>
> What I am trying to do is wait for characters from the serial port, so
> when i do a fgets($fh) it waits for a line of characters from the serial
> port. If there is nothing there for 60 seconds then the program dies.
>
> Is there any way of disabling the max_input_time time out feature?

set_time_limit(0);

within the code works for me - but if setting it in the config file doesn't
work, then this might not either.

HTH

C.

Joined: Jan 06, 2004 Posts: 655

I recommend using Colin's solution (which works on Windows), and then instead of waiting for input, do a polling loop checking for status=data available. I have not done serial port input in a long time (and certainly not in php), but that should work.
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