Title: PHP max execution time issues / Host Build interrupt
Last modified: August 17, 2017

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# PHP max execution time issues / Host Build interrupt

 *  Resolved [daniel908](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel908/)
 * (@daniel908)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/)
 * Hi,
    I’ve got a strange issue that I hope you can help me with. Archive building
   failed with a Host Build Interrupt / 500 Internal Server Error. I then changed
   the max_execution_timeout of PHP from the default 30 seconds to either 3600s 
   or 0 (unlimited), but I still get the Host Build Interrupt, and in its report
   it still tells me that “Allowed Runtine” is 31 (Isn’t this the 30 seconds of 
   max_execution_time?), but in the line below it recohnized my max_execution_time
   change correctly. So why is the “Allowed Runtime” still so low? Or do I get something
   seriously wrong here?
 * In the screenshot at [https://www.daniel-hertrich.photo/cloud/s/MHGLKhwgGfzdNi6](https://www.daniel-hertrich.photo/cloud/s/MHGLKhwgGfzdNi6)
   you can see that it recognized my config change to 0 (“unlimited”). When I changed
   it to 3600, the 3600 was mentioned there, too. Just the “31” always stays the
   same…
 * Thanks,
    Daniel

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/#post-9418529)
 * Hey Daniel,
 * This is because there is a timeout limit on the web server, such as Apache. That
   timeout will override any PHP timeout. You may need to contact your host to see
   if they can increase that limit for you, typically that isn’t something users
   can change on a shared host setup…
 * Hope that helps~
 *  Thread Starter [daniel908](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel908/)
 * (@daniel908)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/#post-9419363)
 * Thank you, Cory,
    I’ll check that with the hoster.
 * Daniel
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/#post-9420089)
 * Sounds good. Thxs for the update…
 *  Thread Starter [daniel908](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel908/)
 * (@daniel908)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/#post-9421442)
 * The hoster said that there should not be a timeout like that set in Apache…
    
   What to do now?…
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/#post-9422189)
 * Maybe your talking with a tech that doesn’t understand Apache. Its in the [documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout)
   and [all over Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=change+apache+timeout&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS506US506&oq=change+apache+timeout&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3759j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8).

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 * Last reply from: [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-max-execution-time-issues-host-build-interrupt/#post-9422189)
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