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sleep() function in PHP
The sleep() function delays execution of the current script for short time period.
Syntax
sleep(sec)
Parameters
sec− The number of seconds to delay the script.
Return
The sleep() function returns zero on success.
Example
<?php echo date('h:i:s') . "<br>"; // wait for 10 seconds sleep(10); echo date('h:i:s') . "<br>"; // wait for 5 seconds sleep(5); echo date('h:i:s'); ?>
Output
The following is the output.
02:54:50 02:54:52 02:54:57
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