php man page for posix_times

POSIX_TIMES(3)								 1							    POSIX_TIMES(3)

posix_times - Get process times

SYNOPSIS
       array posix_times (void	)

DESCRIPTION
	Gets information about the current CPU usage.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a hash of strings with information about the current process CPU usage. The indices of the hash are:

	      o ticks - the number of clock ticks that have elapsed since reboot.

	      o utime - user time used by the current process.

	      o stime - system time used by the current process.

	      o cutime - user time used by current process and children.

	      o cstime - system time used by current process and children.

NOTES
       Warning

	       This function isn't reliable to use, it may return negative values for high times.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Example use of posix_times(3)

	      <?php

	      $times = posix_times();

	      print_r($times);
	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      Array
	      (
		  [ticks] => 25814410
		  [utime] => 1
		  [stime] => 1
		  [cutime] => 0
		  [cstime] => 0
	      )

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