Create a clock in PHP

[mlnsharma]

[1]

In Javascript,

there is a function setTimeout() to call a function with a time interval..

 

In PHP, is there any similar in-built function ?

If there is a different solution, kindly provide me the code in php..

 

[2]

Using sleep():

 

I tried to create a page with sleep().

 

<?

echo "hello";

sleep(5)

echo "world";

?>

 

I did not get a "hello and after 5 seconds world". Instead it took 5 seconds to load and displayed entire content at once.

 

Can any provide me solution to these two problems?

[kirisutegomen]

i think you have to use javascript to do that but i dont know how

[oni-kun]

There is no settimeout in php, you could use the output buffer to display 'hello' before the sleep() cycle is finished, but it's buggy and is not a good solution.

 

I had another example for another thread on this topic.. but try this code.. place it at the top of your page, ob_start() has to atleast.

<?php
if (ob_get_level() == 0) ob_start();

echo "Hello";
echo str_pad('',4096)."\n";        
        ob_flush();
        flush();
        sleep(5);

echo "world";
echo str_pad('',4096)."\n";        
        ob_flush();
        flush();
        sleep(0);

ob_end_flush();
?>

[mlnsharma]

Thank you..

 

It is solved and i believe that with PHP, there is no function like "setTimeout" for a timer..