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getrusage

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

getrusageGets 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 who is 1, getrusage will be called with RUSAGE_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)
?>

Changelog

Version Description
7.0.0 This function is now supported on Windows.

Notes

Note:

On Windows getrusage() will only return the following members:

  • "ru_stime.tv_sec"
  • "ru_stime.tv_usec"
  • "ru_utime.tv_sec"
  • "ru_utime.tv_usec"
  • "ru_majflt" (only if who is RUSAGE_SELF)
  • "ru_maxrss" (only if who is RUSAGE_SELF)

If getrusage() is called with who set to 1 (RUSAGE_CHILDREN), then resource usage for threads are collected (meaning that internally the function is called with RUSAGE_THREAD).

Note:

on BeOS 2000, only the following members are returned:

  • "ru_stime.tv_sec"
  • "ru_stime.tv_usec"
  • "ru_utime.tv_sec"
  • "ru_utime.tv_usec"

See Also

  • Your system's man page on getrusage(2)

User Contributed Notes

Domas Mituzas
8 years ago
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.
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