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.

5 calls to timer_start()
BootstrapTimerTestCase::testTimer in drupal/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 drupal/modules/simpletest/tests/common.test
drupal_http_request in drupal/includes/common.inc
Performs an HTTP request.
_batch_process in drupal/includes/batch.inc
Processes sets in a batch.
_drupal_bootstrap_configuration in drupal/includes/bootstrap.inc
Sets up the script environment and loads settings.php.

File

drupal/includes/bootstrap.inc, line 474
Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

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