Time out error on long page

Forgot to mention: the only difference between the two documents apart from size is that the larger one uses a table generated by Tablepress 1.4

Thank you very much for your work for the community.

Hakim

Hi, Hakim…

Thanks for your kind words; glad that you are pleased with the output.

The answer lies in the error message itself:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

It is taking longer than 30 seconds to generate the document, which isn’t out of the question for a large file with lots of words.

If you self-host, you can increase the max_execution_time parameter in php.ini on the server to, say, 45 or 60 seconds (for most modern PHP installations, 60 seconds is a normal limit; 30 seems a bit short).

If you do not have access to the server configuration, you should be able to override this setting in your wp-config.php file by adding something like:

set_time_limit(60);

above the “/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */” comment.

Or, you could insert the following snippet in .htaccess in the root of your site:

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  php_value max_execution_time 60
</IfModule>

We likely just need to get a little more time to build the pdf, that’s all.

Cheers

Lewis

PS – We’ll see how the table is generated in the resulting pdf. That may be a separate issue, as we don’t do tables very well, yet. ??

Many thanks Lewis,

Yes, the table is not ‘pretty’ but the content is roughly where it should be. I might restructure that section so that there is clear vertical separation between what was in different cells of the table. The horizontal separation is fine.

I changed the setting in the wp-config.php as you suggested (it seemed the easiest option)and that worked fine.

I also added some text to appear below the PDF icon:
“Click the PDF icon to download the file.
Be patient! It is a large file and can take almost
a minute before the save file dialog box opens.”

Ideally I would have a message that popped up when the PDF icon was clicked but that is beyond my current skills – I am still learning what the various css selectors are … ??

Again, thank you for a very useful plugin and the support to go with it.

Hakim

Again, a PS

The links in the table of contents (TOC) are based on H3 and H4 formatting. With the shorter document the H3 links work as expected but the H4 links don’t work. In the longer document none of the links work.

If I replaced the the TOC plugin with id and href links would that make a difference? I guess I shall try it and see what happens.

Hakim

The original problem is fixed so I will mark it resolved, with much gratitude for the prompt and effective support.

Hakim