PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds excee

[layer8]

Joomla 3.5.2 dev + PHP 5.6.20

PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/username/public_html/libraries/legacy/request/request.php

Any idea how can I solve this?

[AMurray]

Are you actually using V 3.5.2? That is not a released version......3.5.1 is the current stable version.

In your hosting control panel (Plesk, cPanel etc), you may have a way to change some of the basic PHP settings, including max_execution_time, however I would first ask your host about how to do this; mention the methods listed below, if you can use any to change the PHP settings otherwise, the host may have to do so.

1) changing the settings through the PHP applet in cPanel
2) changing the setting in the php.ini file directly
3) changing the setting in the .htaccess file directly.

You need to increase the max execution time setting from 30,to say 300. This value is in seconds.

The link below gives instruction on adding the instruction to your .htaccess file if you want to try it. .htaccess is a hidden file, so you may need to turn on the option to view hidden files through your FTP program.

https://www.a2hosting.com/kb/developer- ... ccess-file

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#example
php_value  max_execution_time  300

Increasing from 30 to 300 is the setting I see recommended on the forum here frequently.

[layer8]

Thank you for your response.

What I want to know is that:
if this is the expected behavior.
if the code in /libraries/legacy/request/request.php can be optimize.
if it is a kind of attack and I am under attack.
if this is a bug in the new version.

I want to attack to root cause of the problem,
by increasing the max_execution_time I am just allowing php to consume more resources in my server.

[deleted user]

The error most likely isn't in the JRequest class (the file that it's erroring out in). IIRC that error message just echoes out the file that the currently executing process is in when the timeout occurs. You'd need to run a profiler tool or something to try and figure out what's taking so long to cause it to time out.

[layer8]

Can you recommend a profiler tool (Preferable a Script that can be run via http without installation) ?