Start and stop a timer PHP

Question

I need some information regarding starting and stopping a timer in PHP. I need to measure the elapsed time from the start of my .exe program (I\'m using exec()

Answer 1

For your purpose, this simple class should be all you need:

class Timer {
    private $time = null;
    public function __construct() {
        $this->time = time();
        echo 'Working - please wait..
';
    }

    public function __destruct() {
        echo '
Job finished in '.(time()-$this->time).' seconds.';
    }
}


$t = new Timer(); // echoes "Working, please wait.."

[some operations]

unset($t);  // echoes "Job finished in n seconds." n = seconds elapsed