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Asked: 2026-06-14T04:34:23+00:00

i attempted to make a script that would process an HUGE file, and i

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i attempted to make a script that would process an HUGE file, and i foolishly added the lines

set_time_limit(0);
ignore_user_abort(true);

to the top of the script. after i noticed the script was going at a pase that would take 1/3 of a year to finish. i attempted to stop it. i can tell its still going because its filling my error log with GB’s of data every hour. and it says its from that script. How can i stop it? its been going for over a day now.

i dont have the power to restart the server itself, because its webhosting from bluehost

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  1. Editorial Team

    Bluehost allows SSH access according to their features page, so log into that, use something like top to find the PHP process that is still running, and kill it (via kill -9 <process id>).

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