sleep

Description

The sleep() function delays program execution for the given number of seconds.

Example 1. sleep() example <?php // current time echo date('h:i:s') . "\n"; // sleep for 10 seconds sleep(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()