function timer_start

Starts the timer with the specified name.

If you start and stop the same timer multiple times, the measured intervals will be accumulated.

Parameters

$name: The name of the timer.

6 calls to timer_start()
BootstrapTimerTestCase::testTimer in modules/simpletest/tests/bootstrap.test
Test timer_read() to ensure it properly accumulates time when the timer started and stopped multiple times.
DrupalHTTPRequestTestCase::testDrupalHTTPRequest in modules/simpletest/tests/common.test
drupal_cron_run in includes/common.inc
Executes a cron run when called.
drupal_http_request in includes/common.inc
Performs an HTTP request.
_batch_process in includes/batch.inc
Processes sets in a batch.

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File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 481

Code

function timer_start($name) {
    global $timers;
    $timers[$name]['start'] = microtime(TRUE);
    $timers[$name]['count'] = isset($timers[$name]['count']) ? ++$timers[$name]['count'] : 1;
}

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