 | View Full Version : pausing executing in php smidwap 08-17-2003, 06:26 PM Hey, Anybody know of a way to pause the execution of a script in the middle of processing it in php, then after a set period of time let the execution of the script continue? krumms 08-17-2003, 06:41 PM why on earth do you want to do that? zargon 08-17-2003, 06:51 PM Try the sleep() function. http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.sleep.php smidwap 08-17-2003, 07:30 PM Exactly what I was looking for...thanks a bunch zargon... ...and trust me, there's always a use for it if php has built-in capabilities for it. THW-Dave 08-18-2003, 04:15 PM yup. like displaying a splash screen. blackbelt080 08-18-2003, 05:01 PM i'll have to remember that function for future use... take care, smiley :D smidwap 08-18-2003, 06:56 PM Hehe...the more I think about it the more useful the function seems. KDAWebServices 08-21-2003, 04:19 PM Originally posted by thehostworks yup. like displaying a splash screen. How would sleep help you? If you output the splash screen then use sleep(), then the header function to do a redirect you're going to get an error about headers already being sent. To display a splash screen you'd just put a meta redirect in with a time delay. |