php - make script execution to unlimited

Question

I need to run a script into localhost (xampp) which will generate 14400 records and adds them into database, I have set the max_execution_time = 50000000000, I dont know if I can make it unlimited by setting it to 0 or -1. But I tried this script before with this max_execution_time to 50000000000 and yet it stoped at certain point, I dont know what else could limit the execution time, I have been running this a lot of times and I am tired of waiting and failing again, what should I change before I run this script again and this time to finish the job?

Answer 1

You'll have to set it to zero. Zero means the script can run forever. Add the following at the start of your script:

ini_set('max_execution_time', 0);

Refer to the PHP documentation of max_execution_time

Note that:

set_time_limit(0);

will have the same effect.