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getrusage() reports kernel counters that are updated only once application loses context and a switch to kernel space happens. For example on modern Linux server kernels that would mean that getrusage() calls would return information rounded at 10ms, desktop kernels - at 1ms.
getrusage() isn't usable for micro-measurements at all - and getmicrotime(true) might be much more valuable resource.
getrusage
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
getrusage — Gets the current resource usages
Description
array getrusage
([ int
$who = 0
] )This is an interface to getrusage(2). It gets data returned from the system call.
Parameters
-
who -
If
whois 1, getrusage will be called withRUSAGE_CHILDREN.
Return Values
Returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call. All entries are accessible by using their documented field names.
Examples
Example #1 getrusage() example
<?php
$dat = getrusage();
echo $dat["ru_nswap"]; // number of swaps
echo $dat["ru_majflt"]; // number of page faults
echo $dat["ru_utime.tv_sec"]; // user time used (seconds)
echo $dat["ru_utime.tv_usec"]; // user time used (microseconds)
?>
Notes
Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.
See Also
- Your system's man page on getrusage(2)
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User Contributed Notes
getrusage - [2 notes]
Domas Mituzas ¶
5 years ago
php at lavrenko dot pp dot ru ¶
7 years ago
The author of the article mentioned in the previous post says "Once I got a negative value for both times - I have absolutely no clue how that can happen.". This is because time in microseconds is not padded with zeros from the left, therefore, you cannot concatenate the two numbers. Instead, you should normalize the values and then add them up:
$dat["ru_utime.tv_sec"]*1e6+$dat["ru_utime.tv_usec"];