Question

How to create a countdown seconds timer in PHP

Answer 1

function countdown($seconds) {
    echo "Total time: " . $seconds . " seconds\n";
    while ($seconds > 0) {
        sleep(1);
        --$seconds;
        echo "Time remaining: " . $seconds . " seconds\n";
    }
}

$sec = 5;

countdown($sec);



/*
run:

Total time: 5 seconds
Time remaining: 4 seconds
Time remaining: 3 seconds
Time remaining: 2 seconds
Time remaining: 1 seconds
Time remaining: 0 seconds

*/

 

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