gettimeofday

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Get current time.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

gettimeofday Function synopsis

gettimeofday(bool $as_float = false): array|float

Parameters

$as_float

OptionalTypeboolDefault valuefalse

When set to true, a float instead of an array is returned.

Return value

Typearray|float

By default an array is returned. If $as_float is set, then a float is returned.

Array keys:

Changes to the gettimeofday Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: array|float
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $get_as_float to $as_float
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($as_float): bool
  • Parameter default value added for position #1 ($as_float): false
- gettimeofday($get_as_float)
+ gettimeofday(bool $as_float = false): array|float

gettimeofday Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes