cronjob timing out

[irf2k]

I am currently trying to run a large number of SOAP commands to update a database.
The only problem is, they take long to execute, and so my cronjob times out before it is complete.
I am hosting on a shared server, and I am wondering if it is possible to somehow make the script continue running, or somehow call other scripts?
also, I can't run separate cronjobs, since my hosting provider only allows time specifications every hour (so I can't run one script and then the next one 10min later)...

[irf2k]

would it be possible to use header() to redirect the first cronjob to another script and reset the timeout?

[NightShift58]

Have you tried set_time_limit() (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php))?