posix_times

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

posix_timesGet process times

Description

posix_times ( ) : array|false

Gets information about the current CPU usage.

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.

Notes

Warning

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

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
)