{"id":10152,"date":"2024-03-14T11:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-get-the-time-stamp-in-milliseconds-using-php-sleep\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:51:39","slug":"how-can-we-get-the-time-stamp-in-milliseconds-using-php-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-get-the-time-stamp-in-milliseconds-using-php-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP Sleep Milliseconds: Timestamp Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In PHP, you can use the usleep() function to make a script sleep for a specified number of microseconds. If you want to make the script sleep for a number of milliseconds, you can convert the milliseconds to microseconds. 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