PHP time_nanosleep() Function
Example
Delay execution of the current script for 3,5 seconds:
<?php
if (time_nanosleep(3,500000000) === true)
{
echo "Slept for three and a half a second";
}
?>
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Definition and Usage
The time_nanosleep() function delays execution of the current script for a specified number of seconds and nanoseconds.
Syntax
time_nanosleep(seconds,nanoseconds)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| seconds | Required. Specifies the number of seconds to delay the script |
| nanoseconds | Required. Specifies the number of nanoseconds to delay the script (must be less than 1,000,000,000) |
Technical Details
| Return Value: |
Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure. If the call was interrupted by a signal, an associative array will be returned with the number of seconds or nanoseconds remaining in the delay. |
|---|---|
| PHP Version: | 5+ |
| Changelog: | This function did not work on Windows platforms until PHP 5.3.0 |
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