gettimeofday
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
gettimeofday — Get current time
Description
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:
- "sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
- "usec" - microseconds
- "minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
- "dsttime" - type of dst correction
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