function timer_start | Documentation

1 bootstrap.inc timer_start($name)

Starts the timer with the specified name.

If you start and stop the same timer multiple times, the measured intervals will be accumulated.

Parameters

$name: The name of the timer.

5 calls to timer_start()

backdrop_http_request in core/includes/common.inc: Performs an HTTP request.
BootstrapTimerTestCase::testTimer in core/modules/simpletest/tests/bootstrap.test: Test timer_read() to ensure it properly accumulates time when the timer started and stopped multiple times.
CommonBackdropHTTPRequestTestCase::testBackdropHTTPRequest in core/modules/simpletest/tests/common.test
_backdrop_bootstrap_configuration in core/includes/bootstrap.inc: Sets up the script environment and loads settings.php.
_batch_process in core/includes/batch.inc: Processes sets in a batch.

File

core/includes/bootstrap.inc, line 496: Functions that need to be loaded on every Backdrop request.

Code

function timer_start($name) {
  global $timers;

  $timers[$name]['start'] = microtime(TRUE);
  $timers[$name]['count'] = isset($timers[$name]['count']) ? ++$timers[$name]['count'] : 1;
}