Benchmark or time script

Here is a little example of how to benchmark or time something with php

<?php

// a function to get microtime
function getmicrotime(){
list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ",microtime());
return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
}

// start time
$time_start = getmicrotime();

// a little loop to time
for ($i=0; $i < 10000; $i++)
{
// print the loop number
echo $i.'<br />';
}

// the end time
$time_end = getmicrotime();

// subtract the start time from the end time to get the time taken
$time = $time_end - $time_start;


// echo a little message
echo '<br />Script ran for ' . round($time,2) .' seconds.';

?>

This will produce a list of numbers from 0 to 9999 in your browser and tell you how long it took too complete the iterations.

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Sample HTML Help and Visual Basic 6 - Tutorial

When you distribute an application, there should be some guidance for your customers and/or users how to work with it. You can simply add a few HTML pages, but this will not allow you to use the often appreciated "what's this help", in form of the small question mark in your applications form borders. Neither does it look professional.

The purpose of this document/tutorial is showing you how to use HTML Help for a very simple help file, and how to 'attach' it to your application. Note that by no means this document has been written to teach you everything about HTML Help. This document focuses more on the actual help file, combined with your Visual Basic 6 application.

Download sample source code and tutorial

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