GETTIMEOFDAY(3) 1 GETTIMEOFDAY(3)
gettimeofday - Get current time
SYNOPSIS
mixed gettimeofday ([bool $return_float = false])
DESCRIPTION
This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call.
PARAMETERS
o $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:
o "sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
o "usec" - microseconds
o "minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
o "dsttime" - type of dst correction
CHANGELOG
+--------+-----------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+-----------------------------------------+
| 5.1.0 | |
| | |
| | The $return_float parameter was added. |
| | |
+--------+-----------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
gettimeofday(3) 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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