title: Running php script as cron job - timeout issues?
body: <p>I am coding a php script that does some back end stuff and needs to run every 8 hours or so. The script takes a while to execute. For the hell of it, I tried it from my browser and the connection to the server gets reset well before the script terminates. My question is - if I run it directly, ie. php -a file.php as a cron job, are there any internal time constraints on execution? This script may take 2-5 minutes to complete and cannot be interrupted. I've never done this before so I am not sure if php has quirks when running heavy scripts.</p>