Iterate through the php array using a set interval

Question

This may be a simple question but, I am not an seasoned PHP developer and I am hoping someone can show me some light.

Suppose I have PHP array:

$items = array('apple', 'banana', 'orange');

Nomarlly, when run the loop, using PHP foreach loop, it will go through each iteration one after another without any time delay.

What I need is,

foreach ($items as $item) {
Code to print 'apple'
Code to wait 5 seconds
Code to Print 'banana'
Code wait 5 seconds
.... And so on
}

It has to be strictly PHP no JavaScript please.

Thanks in advance.

Does this answer your question? Php, wait 5 seconds before executing an action — El_Vanja
– El_Vanja, Commented Apr 29, 2021 at 9:16

kovalenko-alex · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-29 09:59:38Z

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$items = ['apple', 'banana', 'orange'];
foreach ($items as $item) {
    print $item. PHP_EOL;
    sleep(5);
}

answered Apr 29, 2021 at 9:59

kovalenko-alex

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3 Comments

sbedigital Over a year ago

Sorry guys… I fell sick, I was unable to test it out … I will test this and then update you accordingly. Again sorry for the delayed response.

sbedigital Over a year ago

Ok … to an extent this worked, but instead of printing each items in the one by one, this simple waits about 15 seconds then prints all three elements of the array. Logical outcome I was looking for, print “Apple” then wait 5 seconds, print “banana” under the “Apple” and lastly, print “orange” under Banana and Apple.

kovalenko-alex Over a year ago

@sbedigital that's... not how it works for me. how do you run the script?

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