Something Went Wrong in Search

Backlight 4, 5 & 6 Support
#1

I don’t use the search feature very often, and probably not since the 6.3.1 upgrade.

When I click the magnifying glass and enter my search word, after a short while I get the following message:

Something went wrong

Unexpected error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in PdoExtended.php on line 161

Please report error at https://discourse.theturninggate.net

I’ve cleared the template cache and upgraded to 6.3.2 but that made no difference.

What else can I check?

Backlight 6.3.2
PHP 8.0.30
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

#2

Hi @mickseymour, this is caused by search taking longer than the default PHP setting of 30 seconds execution. Do you have a lot of albums and photos?

The timeout can be changed in a few ways. If you have access to your php.ini settings, either through the control panel or directly by editing the file then increase the value for the max_execution_time.

If that is not available, then you could set a longer timeout by editing the file at backlight/index.php, adding a set_time_limit line near the top of the file like this:

<?php

define('BACKLIGHT_DIRECTORY', 'backlight');

set_time_limit(60);

I can advise further on the first option if you’re trying to edit the php.ini file.

#3

Thanks @Ben, 28,000 photos over a lot of albums.

I’ll give max_execution_time a go and report back.