Query time result in MySQL w/ PHP

Question

Is there a way that I can get the time of a MySQL query (specifically with PHP)? The actual time it took to complete the query, that is.

Something such as: Results 1

Answer 1

$starttime = microtime(true);

//Do your query and stuff here

$endtime = microtime(true);
$duration = $endtime - $starttime; //calculates total time taken

NOTE that this will give you the run time in seconds(not microseconds) to the nearest microsecond due to get_as_float parameter being true. See this