EvTimer::__construct

Constructs an EvTimer watcher object

&reftitle.description; public `EvTimer::__construct` `double` `after` `double` `repeat` `callable` `callback` `mixed` `data` &null; `int` `priority` 0

Constructs an EvTimer watcher object.

&reftitle.parameters;

`after`

- Configures the timer to trigger after `after` seconds.

`repeat`

- If repeat is `0.0` , then it will automatically be stopped once the timeout is reached. If it is positive, then the timer will automatically be configured to trigger again every repeat seconds later, until stopped manually.

`callback`

- See Watcher callbacks .

`data`

- Custom data associated with the watcher.

`priority`

- Watcher priority

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns EvTimer object on success.

&reftitle.examples;

### Simple timers

    <?php
    // Create and start timer firing after 2 seconds
    $w1 = new EvTimer(2, 0, function () {
        echo "2 seconds elapsed\n";
    });

    // Create and launch timer firing after 2 seconds repeating each second
    // until we manually stop it
    $w2 = new EvTimer(2, 1, function ($w) {
        echo "is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds\n";
        echo "iteration = ", Ev::iteration(), PHP_EOL;

        // Stop the watcher after 5 iterations
        Ev::iteration() == 5 and $w->stop();
        // Stop the watcher if further calls cause more than 10 iterations
        Ev::iteration() >= 10 and $w->stop();
    });

    // Create stopped timer. It will be inactive until we start it ourselves
    $w_stopped = EvTimer::createStopped(10, 5, function($w) {
        echo "Callback of a timer created as stopped\n";

        // Stop the watcher after 2 iterations
        Ev::iteration() >= 2 and $w->stop();
    });

    // Loop until Ev::stop() is called or all of watchers stop
    Ev::run();

    // Start and look if it works
    $w_stopped->start();
    echo "Run single iteration\n";
    Ev::run(Ev::RUN_ONCE);

    echo "Restart the second watcher and try to handle the same events, but don't block\n";
    $w2->again();
    Ev::run(Ev::RUN_NOWAIT);

    $w = new EvTimer(10, 0, function() {});
    echo "Running a blocking loop\n";
    Ev::run();
    echo "END\n";
    ?>

&example.outputs.similar;

    2 seconds elapsed
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 1
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 2
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 3
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 4
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 5
    Run single iteration
    Callback of a timer created as stopped
    Restart the second watcher and try to handle the same events, but don't block
    Running a blocking loop
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 8
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 9
    is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
    iteration = 10
    END

&reftitle.seealso;

- `EvTimer::createStopped`
- `EvPeriodic`
- ev_timer - relative and optionally repeating timeouts
- Be smart about timeouts