PHP | microtime() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP microtime() Function.

PHP microtime() function returns current Unix timestamp with microseconds. By default, this function returns a string value which contains microseconds and seconds which is separated by space (msec sec).

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

microtime($get_as_float)

READ: PHP | localtime() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	get_as_float(Optional) This is a boolean value which is used to specify whether the result should be a floating point value or not. If you pass the boolean value true as a parameter, this function returns result as floating point value.

Return Value

This PHP function returns the current Unix timestamp. By default this returns a string value in the form msec sec. If you pass the boolean value true as a parameter to this function, then it returns the current time in seconds since Unix epoch which is accurate to the nearest microseconds.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced as part of the core PHP v 4 and, it works with all the later versions.

Example1

Following example illustrates the usage of the PHP microtime() function -

<?php
   $time = microtime();
   print($time);
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

0.01174200 1606064533

Example2

Let us try to set the get_as_float value to true -

<?php
   $time = gettimeofday(true);    
   print_r($time); 
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

1606064723.7694

Example3

Try the following example -

<?php
   $time_start = microtime(true);
   usleep(100);
   
   $time_end = microtime(true);
   $time = $time_end - $time_start;
   
   echo "Did nothing in $time seconds\n";
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Did nothing in 0.00095605850219727 seconds

READ: PHP | idate() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP mktime() Function.

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