sleep
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
sleep — Delay execution
Description
$seconds): int
Delays the program execution for the given number of
seconds.
Note:
In order to delay program execution for a fraction of a second, use usleep() as the sleep() function expects an int. For example,
sleep(0.25)will pause program execution for0seconds.
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.
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
