What are common reasons for a PHP script exceeding the maximum execution time, and how can this issue be addressed?

Common reasons for a PHP script exceeding the maximum execution time include processing large amounts of data, inefficient code, or infinite loops. To address this issue, you can increase the maximum execution time limit in your PHP configuration file or optimize your code to improve performance.

// Increase the maximum execution time limit to 60 seconds
ini_set('max_execution_time', 60);