time_sleep_until

Make the script sleep until the specified time (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)
bool time_sleep_until ( float timestamp )

Example 1365. A time_sleep_until() example

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<?php

//returns false and generates a warning
var_dump(time_sleep_until(time()-1));

// may only work on faster computers, will sleep up to 0.2 seconds
var_dump(time_sleep_until(time()+0.2));

?>

Code Examples / Notes » time_sleep_until

ssnoyes

Implementation for < 5.1 or Windows users <?php if (!function_exists('time_sleep_until')) { function time_sleep_until($future) { if ($future < time()) { trigger_error("Time in past", E_USER_WARNING); return false; } sleep($future - time()); return true; } } ?>

roberto

better implementation <?php if (!function_exists('time_sleep_until')) { function time_sleep_until($future) { if ($future < time()) { trigger_error("Time in past", E_USER_WARNING); return false; } usleep(($future - microtime(1))*1000000); return true; } } ?>

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time_sleep_until

Make the script sleep until the specified time (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0) bool time_sleep_until ( float timestamp )

Example 1365. A time_sleep_until() example

Code Examples / Notes » time_sleep_until

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Make the script sleep until the specified time (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)
bool time_sleep_until ( float timestamp )