globals.php

<?php

/** Real (wall-clock) time */
define( 'EXCIMER_REAL', 0 );

/** CPU time (user and system) consumed by the thread during execution */
define( 'EXCIMER_CPU', 1 );

/**
 * Abbreviated interface for starting a wall-clock timer. Equivalent to:
 *
 *   $timer = new ExcimerTimer;
 *   $timer->setCallback( $callback );
 *   $timer->setInterval( $interval );
 *   $timer->start();
 *   return $timer;
 *
 * Note that you must keep a copy of the return value. If it goes out of scope,
 * the object will be destroyed and the timer will stop.
 *
 * If the callback is not callable, a warning is raised and null is returned.
 *
 * @param callable $callback
 * @param float $interval
 * @return ExcimerTimer|null
 */
function excimer_set_timeout( $callback, $interval ) {
}