[wp-hackers] Cron and long running processes

[Sean Hickey]

> From what I recall it spawns of a second HTTP request out-of-band of the
> user request to call the page.
>
> So a long running process should not affect the user.
>
> However,  you can only run for as long as the runtime limit set for your php
> pages by your host.
>
> westi

Thanks Westi.. That's just the info I was looking for. I'm hoping I
can skirt the runtime limit by using the set_time_limit() function.

- Sean