function timer_start

7.x bootstrap.inc	`timer_start($name)`
6.x bootstrap.inc	`timer_start($name)`

Start 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.

3 calls to timer_start()

drupal_http_request in drupal-6.x/includes/common.inc: Perform an HTTP request.
_batch_process in drupal-6.x/includes/batch.inc: Advance batch processing for 1 second (or process the whole batch if it was not set for progressive execution - e.g forms submitted by drupal_execute).
_drupal_bootstrap in drupal-6.x/includes/bootstrap.inc

File

drupal-6.x/includes/bootstrap.inc, line 229: Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

function timer_start($name) {
  global $timers;

  list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
  $timers[$name]['start'] = (float) $usec + (float) $sec;
  $timers[$name]['count'] = isset($timers[$name]['count']) ? ++$timers[$name]['count'] : 1;
}