sleep
sleep
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
sleep — Delay execution
Description
int sleep ( int $seconds )
Delays the program execution for the given number of seconds.
Parameters
-
seconds -
Halt time in seconds.
Return Values
Returns zero on success, or FALSE on error.
If the call was interrupted by a signal, sleep() returns a non-zero value. On Windows, this value will always be 192 (the value of the WAIT_IO_COMPLETION constant within the Windows API). On other platforms, the return value will be the number of seconds left to sleep.
Errors/Exceptions
If the specified number of seconds is negative, this function will generate a E_WARNING.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.4 | Before PHP 5.3.4, on Windows, sleep() always returns NULL when sleep has occurred, regardless of whether the sleep was interrupted or not. |
Examples
Example #1 sleep() example
<?php
// current time
echo date('h:i:s') . "\n";
// sleep for 10 seconds
sleep(10);
// wake up !
echo date('h:i:s') . "\n";
?> This example will output (after 10 seconds)
05:31:23 05:31:33
See Also
- usleep() - Delay execution in microseconds
- time_nanosleep() - Delay for a number of seconds and nanoseconds
- time_sleep_until() - Make the script sleep until the specified time
- set_time_limit() - Limits the maximum execution time
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