0 - NORMAL 1 - ABORTED 2 - TIMEOUT By default a PHP script is terminated when the connection to the client is broken and the ABORTED bit is turned on. This can be changed using the ignore_user_abort() function. The TIMEOUT bit is set when the script timelimit is exceed. This timelimit can be set using set_time_limit(). ]]> You can call connection_status() to check on the status of a connection. ]]> You can also register a function which will be called at the end of the script no matter how the script was terminated. ]]>