PHP Exercises : Delay the program execution for the specified number of seconds
PHP : Exercise-18 with Solution
Write a PHP script to delay the program execution for the given number of seconds.
Sample Solution: -
PHP Code:
<?php
// current time
echo date('h:i:s') . "\n";
// sleep for 5 seconds
sleep(5);
// wake up
echo date('h:i:s')."\n";
?>
Sample Output:
02:47:42 02:47:47
int sleep ( int $seconds ): sleep() function is used to delay the program execution for the given number of seconds.
Flowchart:

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