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gettimeofday

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

gettimeofday — Get current time

Description

mixed gettimeofday ([ bool $return_float ] )

This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call.

Parameters

return_float

When set to TRUE, a float instead of an array is returned.

Return Values

By default an array is returned. If return_float is set, then a float is returned.

Array keys:

ChangeLog

Version Description
5.1.0 The return_float parameter was added.

Examples

Example#1 gettimeofday() example

<?php
print_r
(gettimeofday());

echo 
gettimeofday(true);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array ( [sec] => 1073504408 [usec] => 238215 [minuteswest] => 0 [dsttime] => 1 ) 1073504408.23910


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