PHP - Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

In this short article we would like to show how to solve execution time problem when we got:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

 Quick solution:

<?php

    // put following line at beginning of your php file
    set_time_limit(0);

    // some php code here...

?>

Note: it will change execution time only for currently run file.

Alternative solution

Warning: below solution changes global php configuration !!!

As alternative we can set max_execution_time to 0 in php.ini file.

Simple steps:

1. find *.ini file,

Run following command:

find /etc -name "php.ini"

Output:

/etc/php/5.6/cli/php.ini
/etc/php/5.6/apache2/php.ini
/etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini
/etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

2. edit proper file

e.g. run following command:

nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

3. click ctrl+w, paste max_execution_time and click enter to find the line,

4. set 0 as new value (0 means infinity), e.g.

max_execution_time = 0

5. save the file with ctrl+o 

6. exit editor with ctrl+x 

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