Betfair API

I assume you don't know about the "free" version time/call restrictions?

http://bdp.betfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=64

Yeh I know about this but the code has a 3 second delay in between each request too so this shouldn;t be a problem I don't think. Sometimes it works even with lots of games but often it won't. So frustrating!

I don't use the function for which you quote, I suspect it is the size of the data being returned, probably that coupled with poor indexing betfair side? Are you able to call that api method asynchronously or on a seperate thread (if you aren't already)?

is it php hanging or is php fine and its betfair call thats taking time? Socket time outs might be cause if returning large data sets

When a PHP script exceeds permitted memory usage it can die in an unhelpful manner like this. You may be able to locate error logs on your system that would confirm it.

Check the memory_limit setting in your php.ini file. Current default is 128M

If yours is lower than raise it.

Thanks guys, the rest of the php code works fine and it's all actually working ok now there are less than 20 or so games to be returned.

Hopefully it will just be a case of increasing the memory limit like Fred suggests. I'll let you know if this solves it.

If it doesn't then I may use different files for different leagues/countries but I think it's GBR that causes the problem and you can't narrow the search on these markets I don't think.

Thanks again.