The easiest way to measure PHP code execution time.

Every time I need to benchmark something, I find myself re-inventing the wheel and do manual time calculations. This hurts my productivity. I wanted a simple little package that is very easy to use that I can go to whenever I need to measure execution time in PHP.

• Easy to remember (you need only to call 2 static methods to get what you want).
• 100% tested (have a look at the test suite)
• It has no dependencies (can work with any framework)

composer require angle/chrono

Basic usage:

use Angle\Chrono;

Chrono::start();

// Do something...

echo Chrono::stop(); // 2.42424242 (seconds)

To get formatted output, use the 'meter' method:

Chrono::start();

echo Chrono::meter(); // Time: 0.42 seconds (4242 ms)

You can access elapsed time whenever you need, in various formats:

echo Chrono::elapsed(); // 0.42424242
echo Chrono::seconds(); // 0.43
echo Chrono::ms(); // 4243

You can pause and resume the chronometer:

Chrono::start();

sleep(1);

Chrono::pause();

sleep(3); // Will be ignored

Chrono::resume();

sleep(1);

print Chrono::meter(); // Time: 2 seconds (2001 ms)

For a more detailed overview, please have a look at the test suite.

This implementation is inspired by David Walsh's timer class.

Improvements are welcome! Feel free to submit pull requests.

MIT

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