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zkrat/while-timer
=================

Easy tool for loop sleep timer

v0.6(7y ago)067MITPHP

Since Feb 9Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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WhileTimer
==========

[](#whiletimer)

Easy tool for sleep timer depends on number of

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install is via Composer:

```
composer require zkrat/while-timer

```

It requires PHP version 7.0+

Examples:
---------

[](#examples)

Every 100 milliseconds, maximum 2 seconds:

```
do{
	echo 'Hello Word:  every 100 milliseconds ('.\zkrat\WhileTimer::getCounter().')'.PHP_EOL;
}while(\zkrat\WhileTimer::sleep(2,0.1));
//==========================================
while(\zkrat\WhileTimer::sleep(2,0.1)){
	echo 'Hello Word:  every 100 milliseconds ('.\zkrat\WhileTimer::getCounter().')'.PHP_EOL;
};

```

Example of loop every 1 second, maximum 6 seconds

```
do{
	echo 'Hello Word each 1 second ('.\zkrat\WhileTimer::getCounter().')'.PHP_EOL;
}while(\zkrat\WhileTimer::sleep(6,1));

```

Example of loop every 0.5 second, maximum 3 seconds

```
do{
	echo 'Hello Word each 0.5 seconds ('.\zkrat\WhileTimer::getCounter().')'.PHP_EOL;
}while(\zkrat\WhileTimer::usleep(3000000,500000));

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~58 days

Total

4

Last Release

2842d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/074cbeb7fe8afa6aa76b130d24e821b111a0a459772909d407f1466ea12991e8?d=identicon)[zkrat](/maintainers/zkrat)

---

Top Contributors

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