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time_sleep_until

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

time_sleep_until Make the script sleep until the specified time

Description

bool time_sleep_until ( float $timestamp )

Makes the script sleep until the specified timestamp .

Parameters

timestamp

The timestamp when the script should wake.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Errors/Exceptions

If the specified timestamp is in the past, this function will generate a E_WARNING.

Examples

Example #1 A time_sleep_until() example

<?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));

?>

Notes

Note: All signals will be delivered after the script wakes up.

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.



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time_sleep_until
roberto at spadim dot com dot br
16-Dec-2006 10:05
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;
   }
}
?>
ssnoyes at hotmail dot com
25-Nov-2005 02:58
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;
    }
}
?>

uniqid> <time_nanosleep
Last updated: Fri, 05 Sep 2008
 
 
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