note 54572 added to function.usleep

If you're using Windows then you maybe are in trouble with usleep if you really need to use it. The Bernie's microdelay function using fsockopen does not work properly, and the fclose doesn't help much. I don't know if network connections go strange, but I know it does not work since you've made more than 2000 - 3000 calls to it, so it's not a reliable solution in 'long life' php scripts, or these are the issues of the microdelay function in my PHP and PHP-GTK applications. Though another solution should be found, and googling a bit I fount a WinAPI function: Sleep. So I get with this snippet wich works fine for me, you get milliseconds precission but the more important, it works for long-run scripts and of course, it does not waste any CPU cycles. dl('php_w32api.dll'); $GLOBALS['win32api'] =& new win32; // USleep alternative for Windows and PHP4: $GLOBALS['win32api']->registerfunction("long Sleep (long dwMillisecods) From kernel32.dll"); // Now you can call the function from everywhere in your script: $GLOBALS['win32api']->Sleep(milliseconds); for ($msec = 2000; $msec > 0; $msec = $msec - 125) { echo "Hi. Next one in $msec msec.\n"; $GLOBALS['win32api']->Sleep($msec); } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.usleep.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54572 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54572&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54572&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54572&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54572&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54572&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54572&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54572&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php