posix_times

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    posix_times — Get process times

    Description

    posix_times(): array|false

    Gets information about the current CPU usage.

    Parameters

    This function has no parameters.

    Return Values

    Returns a hash of strings with information about the current process CPU usage. The indices of the hash are:

    • ticks - the number of clock ticks that have elapsed since reboot.
    • utime - user time used by the current process.
    • stime - system time used by the current process.
    • cutime - user time used by current process and children.
    • cstime - system time used by current process and children.
    The function returns false on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 Example use of posix_times()

    <?php

    $times     = posix_times();

    print_r($times);
    ?>

    The above example will output something similar to:

    Array ( [ticks] => 25814410 [utime] => 1 [stime] => 1 [cutime] => 0 [cstime] => 0 )

    Notes

    Warning

    This function isn't reliable to use, it may return negative values for high times.

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