time_nanosleep
PHP function
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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Delay for a number of seconds and nanoseconds
Description
time_nanosleep(int $seconds, int $nanoseconds): array|bool
Delays program execution for the given number of seconds and nanoseconds.
Parameters
secondsMust be a non-negative integer.
nanosecondsMust be a non-negative integer less than 1 billion.
NoteOn Windows, the system may sleep longer that the given number of nanoseconds, depending on the hardware.
Return Values
Success
If the delay was interrupted by a signal, an associative array will be returned with the components:
seconds- number of seconds remaining in the delaynanoseconds- number of nanoseconds remaining in the delay
Examples
time_nanosleep() example
php
<?php
// Careful! This won't work as expected if an array is returned
if (time_nanosleep(0, 500000000)) {
echo "Slept for half a second.\n";
}
// This is better:
if (time_nanosleep(0, 500000000) === true) {
echo "Slept for half a second.\n";
}
// And this is the best:
$nano = time_nanosleep(2, 100000);
if ($nano === true) {
echo "Slept for 2 seconds, 100 microseconds.\n";
} elseif ($nano === false) {
echo "Sleeping failed.\n";
} elseif (is_array($nano)) {
$seconds = $nano['seconds'];
$nanoseconds = $nano['nanoseconds'];
echo "Interrupted by a signal.\n";
echo "Time remaining: $seconds seconds, $nanoseconds nanoseconds.";
}
?>