I just realized that I could check your version, and it appears that we've found the problem. You're running PHP 4.3.10, so I'd suggest using the non PHP5 work around on php.net's site. Cheers! - Joe On 4/7/06, Joe Wollard <joe.wollard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Tedd, > > The only way that I can even think of this as being possible is if you > call microtime() instead of microtime(true). The former will return 'msec > sec' separated by a space which can produce a negative number because you've > essentially got two different types of measurements there. IMHO PHP should > probably throw out an error when two strings are used in a mathematical way > - in this case (without the TRUE arg) here is a possible equation that could > be evaluated. > > 0.15290800 1144430717 > - 0.86641600 1144430716 > > PHP evaluates this to -0.713508 (or 0.15290800 - 0.86641600) It's negative > because we're not talking about msecs from the same second - it ignores the > seconds and only pays attention to the microseconds. So if you're using > microtime(true) how can this happen on your machine? Well, off the top of my > head I think you should verify that your machine (or your hosting service) > is running PHP5 || >. IF not, and error reporting is turned off, then you'll > get a negative number from time to time since the seconds are being ignored. > > > http://php.net/microtime has an example of how to emulate microtime(true) > on PHP < 5 > > Hope that helps! > -Joe > > > On 4/7/06, Brad Bonkoski <bbonkoski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > How is the CPU not in question? Does this script run on air? > > It may not be YOUR CPU, but it is still a CPU bound by the sceduling > > algorithm of the Operating System, so the time differentials are too be > > expected. > > -B > > > > tedd wrote: > > > > > At 12:24 PM -0400 4/7/06, Brad Bonkoski wrote: > > > > > >> Interesting... > > >> as for your first question... > > >> Know that PHP/Apache does not have free reign to your CPU, so the > > >> times could be different based on the scheduling going on in the OS > > >> kernel. > > >> > > >> As for the second one... > > >> No idea why you would get a negative number, I just copied and ran > > >> from the command line and did not encounter 1 negative time for about > > >> 30 runs.... > > >> > > >> Do you get negative times if you run it from the command line as > > well? > > >> -B > > >> > > >>> RE: > > >>> > > >>> http://www.xn--ovg.com/microtime.php > > >>> > > > > > > Brad: > > > > > > Thanks for looking. > > > > > > My questions are with regard to what happens on the site, not via my > > > command line. As such, my command line and my CPU are not involved. > > > > > > Can you answer the questions as they pertain to the site in question? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > tedd > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >
