The sleep() function delays execution of the current script for a specified number of seconds.
int sleep ( int $seconds )
Delays the program execution for the given number of seconds.
This example will output (after 10 seconds)
05:31:23 05:31:33
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| seconds | Required. Specifies the number of seconds to delay the script |
Returns zero on success, or FALSE on error.
If the call was interrupted by a signal, sleep() returns a non-zero value. On Windows, this value will always be 192 (the value of the WAIT_IO_COMPLETION constant within the Windows API). On other platforms, the return value will be the number of seconds left to sleep.