On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Valentin Schmid - ICSurselva AG <valli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there a way to limit the memory consumption and / or the CPU > consumption of processes launched by the php functions system, > exec, passthru, proc_open and shell_exec? Since you're working on a *NIX system, check out PHP's pcntl_* functions[1] and the *NIX `nice` function[2]. 1: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pcntl.php 2: http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/nice/ -- </Daniel P. Brown> More full-root dedicated server packages: Intel 2.4GHz/60GB/512MB/2TB $49.99/mo. Intel 3.06GHz/80GB/1GB/2TB $59.99/mo. Intel 2.4GHz/320/GB/1GB/3TB $74.99/mo. Dedicated servers, VPS, and hosting from $2.50/mo. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php