Get the system's high resolution time

Description

mixed hrtime ([ bool $get_as_number = FALSE ] )

Returns the system's high resolution time, counted from an arbitrary point in time. The delivered timestamp is monotonic and can not be adjusted.

Parameters

get_as_number: Whether the high resolution time should be returned as array or number.

Return Values

Returns an array of integers in the form [seconds, nanoseconds], if the parameter get_as_number is false. Otherwise the nanoseconds are returned as integer (64bit platforms) or float (32bit platforms).

Examples

Example #1 hrtime() usage


<?php
echo hrtime(true), PHP_EOL;
print_r(hrtime());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

10444739687370679
Array
(
    [0] => 10444739
    [1] => 687464812
)