A simple timer:
<?
$length = 10;
$timestart = time();
for (;;)
{
if (time() = $timestart + 10)
{
// go
}
}
?>
Also, you should look at the PEAR::Net_SmartIRC framework (it has timers
already). It's a fantastic framework, and there's really no point in
re-writing the textbook.
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_SmartIRC
-- aidan
"Nobody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello,
>
> I'm writing a php irc bot. I've come up to the situation where I need a
> timer for processing different data in a "special" way. I've searched the
> archive of the list but I didn't found nothing helpful (I can't use
> JavaScript here, neither cron).
> If I use for(;;) or sleep(); the whole script stops (php is not
> multithread:(). Eventually I've come up with some ideas about ticks, but
> didn't get to finished it my head. So, any ideas?
>
> And is php5 going to be multithreaded? If not, when?:)
>
> --
> best wishes,
> Strahil Minev,
> http://sourceforge.net/users/phuncky/
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