(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
The sleep() function delays program execution for the given number of seconds.
Example 1. sleep() example
<?php// current timeecho date('h:i:s') . "\n";// sleep for 10 secondssleep(10);// wake up !echo date('h:i:s') . "\n";?>
This example will output (after 10 seconds)
05:31:23 05:31:33
See also usleep() and set_time_limit()
