php set timer then call a function

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i have a youtube video which I get its duration in seconds, I want to set a timer for that video and once it's done then call a function which has a different video. So far what i have is this:

$ytvidid = 'qasCLgrauAg';
$ytdataurl = "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/". $ytvidid;
$feedURL = $ytdataurl;
$sxml = simplexml_load_file($feedURL);
$media = $sxml->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/');
// get <yt:duration> node for video length
$yt = $media->children('http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007');
$attrs = $yt->duration->attributes();
$length = $attrs['seconds'];

that returns in this example 16 seconds, so i've tried:

usleep($length * 1000000);
flush();
loadnext();

function loadnext(){
    //heres my next video
}

for some reason this doesn't work..am i doing something wrong? I've also tried javascript window.setInterval(...) but that doesn't work either in reseting the interval when the next video loads. Any help is much appreciated :)

Yogesh Suthar · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-31 06:17:34Z

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for 16 seconds delay you have to use

usleep($length * 1000000);  // 1000000 == 1 second

answered Dec 31, 2012 at 6:17

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Andres Over a year ago

thanks changed it, yet instead of waiting the 16 seconds to call that function it calls it immediatly..

hafichuk · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-31 06:21:19Z

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Since you're dealing in seconds (not microseconds), you might consider using sleep instead of usleep.

answered Dec 31, 2012 at 6:21

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Andres · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-05 23:45:52Z

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Ok after several hours of reading I figured out what I wanted to accomplish could not be done with php's sleep or usleep functions.. So I finally got it working with javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
var id = 1;
next(id);
var t;
function setValue(time, rowid)
{

    id = rowid;
    t = setInterval(cleartime, time * 1000);    
}

function cleartime()
{
    clearInterval(t);
    next(parseInt(id, 10));
}
function next(id){
    //this gets values and calls the setValue function again        
}
</script>

answered Jan 5, 2013 at 23:45

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