Well exit probably should have been return or something else but as I said it was a simple example.

Everyone seems to be suggesting work-arounds which is not what I was looking for. I can come up with numerous ways to make it work as I have already done but was more interested in the fact that there seems to be an issue with time() in a loop. I currently only check every 30 seconds so checking it too often should not be the issue. I was just wondering if anyone else had ever experienced this.

The background of my application was just history on how I came across this problem. I was not really asking for help with my application so posting a stripped down version would do me no good. Thanks to all for their suuggestions.

In reply to Re^2: Issue with time() in loop? by Elijah
in thread Issue with time() in loop? by Elijah

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