Andrew Williams wrote: > what does time(); > > $t1 = time(); > > { > > do something > } > $t2 = time(); > > $end_time = $t2 - $t1; > echo $end_time; > > what does $end_time represent? > > how do you determine the next 5 mins? So if you haven't deduced the answer from other replies, this would probably be more readable: $start_time = time(); //or microtime() //do something $end_time = time(); //or microtime() $duration = $end_time - $start_time; echo $duration; -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php