Question

is it possible to wait for 20 secs before it run the script?

I mean I try set_time_limit(20) but when I click the button, it always run the script.

I guess the time limit was just for the time limit when the script running then it will stop.

im looking for a function that can help me for my script to wait for 20 secs. I know it will work on jQuery but im holding right was Yii framework.

I have sample script below

$coco = mysql_query( "SELECT * FROM gameWaiting" );
if ( empty( $coco ) ) {
mysql_query( "INSERT INTO gameWaiting VALUE('', '$email', '$language')" );
$status = 0; // IF THE STATUS is equal to 0 means the db was empty so it will insert
// AND WAIT FOR OTHER PLAYER TO INSERT ALSO
} else {
mysql_query( "INSERT INTO gameWaiting VALUE('', '$email', '$language')" );
$status = 1; // IF THE STATUS is equal to 1 means the db was !empty so it will insert also
// BUT THERE is no need to wait for other player otherwise RAND() the user.
}

// NOW SET TIME HERE when it will INSERT to the game
if ( time was equal to set) {
// IF SOMEONE insert into gameWaiting it will create game
mysql_query( "INSERT INTO game VALUE('','name','email','language')" );
} else {
// No player was added
}

echo $status;

I hope this is possible…

Answer 1

set_time_limit() specifies the maximum execution time for the script, not the time to wait until executing it (see the Docs).

You can use PHP’s sleep() function to force execution to delay by a given number of seconds:

sleep(20);