Increase max execution time for php

PHP file (for example, my_lengthy_script.php)

ini_set('max_execution_time', 300); //300 seconds = 5 minutes

.htaccess file

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value max_execution_time 300
</IfModule>

More configuration options

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value post_max_size 5M
php_value upload_max_filesize 5M
php_value memory_limit 128M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1200
</IfModule>

If wordpress, set this in the config.php file,

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M');

If drupal, sites/default/settings.php

ini_set('memory_limit', '128M');

If you are using other frameworks,

ini_set('memory_limit', '128M');

You can increase memory as gigabyte.

ini_set('memory_limit', '3G'); // 3 Gigabytes

259200 means:-

( 259200/(60x60 minutes) ) / 24 hours ===> 3 Days

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Well, since your on a shared server, you can't do anything about it. They usually set the max execution time so that you can't override it. I suggest you contact them.

Add these lines of code in your htaccess file. I hope it will solve your problem.

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value max_execution_time 259200
</IfModule>

well, there are two way to change max_execution_time.
1. You can directly set it in php.ini file.
2. Secondly, you can add following line in your code.

ini_set('max_execution_time', '100')