Is there a function similar to setTimeout() (JavaScript) for PHP?

Question

The question sort of says it all - is there a function which does the same as the JavaScript function setTimeout() for PHP? I\'ve searched

Answer 1

if you need to make an action after you execute some php code you can do it with an echo

 echo "Success.... ";

so after a time in the client(browser) you can do something else, like a redirect to another php script for example or echo an alert