# Method: PHPCrawler::setCrawlingDepthLimit()

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Sets the maximum crawling depth
Signature:

public setCrawlingDepthLimit($depth)

Parameters:

$depth | int | The maximum link-depth the crawler should follow

Returns:

No information

Description:

Defines how "deep" the crawler should follow links relating to the entry-URL of a crawling-process.
For instance: If the maximum depth is set to 1, the crawler only will follow links found in the entry-page
of the crawling-process, but won't follow any further links found in underlying documents.