note 41172 added to function.gettimeofday

From: Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:54:47 +0000
Subject: note 41172 added to function.gettimeofday
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<?php function get_timer() { $t=gettimeofday(); return (double)($t['sec'].'.'.$t['usec']); } ?> This function has a bug. When $t['usec'] goes from 9 to 10, the returned double goes from xxxx.9 to xxxx.1, clearly not what was expected. The correct function should be something like <?php function get_timer() { $t=gettimeofday(); return (double)($t['sec'].'.'.sprintf("%06d", $t['usec'])); } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gettimeofday.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+41172 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+41172&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+41172&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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