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This function will return the current time in seconds and microseconds. This is sometimes useful to track down the processing time of a script or other short lasting events.

<p>This function will return the current time in seconds and microseconds. This is sometimes useful to track down the processing time of a script or other short lasting events.</p>
 
<code class="prettyprint">
function microtime_float()
{
    list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime());
    return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
}
</code>
 
<p>An example usage could look like this:</p>
<code class="prettyprint">
$start = microtime_float();
 
// your code here
 
$took = round(microtime_float() - $start, 2);
 
echo "took $took seconds.";
</code>

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