posix_times
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Get process times
Description
posix_times(): array|false
Gets information about the current CPU usage.
Parameters Parameters
Return Values
Returns a hash of strings with information about the current process CPU usage. The indices of the hash are:
- ticks - the number of clock ticks that have elapsed since reboot.
- utime - user time used by the current process.
- stime - system time used by the current process.
- cutime - user time used by current process and children.
- cstime - system time used by current process and children.
The function returns false on failure.
Examples
Example use of posix_times()
php
<?php
$times = posix_times();
print_r($times);
?>The above example will output something similar to:
output
Array
(
[ticks] => 25814410
[utime] => 1
[stime] => 1
[cutime] => 0
[cstime] => 0
)Notes
Warning
This function isn't reliable to use, it may return negative values for high times.