naingaunglwin-dev/timetracker

A lightweight time tracker for php

v2.0.0 2026-05-10 20:59 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.3
• illuminate/container: ^11.36

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.5

MIT

• naingaunglwin-dev

README

TimeTracker

Contributing

• This is an open-source library, and contributions are welcome.
• If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue or submit a pull request on the project repository.

Requirement

• PHP version 8.3 or newer is required
• composer

Installation via Composer

If Composer is not installed, follow the official guide.

1. Create a composer.json file at your project root directory (if you don't have one):

{
  "require": {
    "naingaunglwin-dev/timetracker": "^2.0"
  }
}

• Run the following command in your terminal from the project's root directory:

composer install

If you already have composer.json file in your project, just run this command in your terminal,

composer require naingaunglwin-dev/timetracker

Usage

• In your php file,

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$tracker = new NAL\TimeTracker\TimeTracker();

$tracker->start('test');

echo 'hello world<br>';
sleep(3);

$tracker->stop('test');

echo $tracker->calculate('test')
        ->get();

// Output:
// hello world
// 3.0019600391388

Convert to different unit

• By default, the unit is in seconds (s). You can convert to other predefined units like milliseconds (ms), microseconds (us), and more:

$tracker->start('test');

echo 'hello world<br>';
sleep(3);

$tracker->stop('test');

echo $tracker->calculate('test')
        ->convert('ms')
        ->get();

// Output:
// hello world
// 3014.9321556091

Add custom unit

• You can define custom units based on seconds (for example, converting seconds to custom units):

$tracker->start('test');

echo 'hello world<br>';
sleep(3);

$tracker->stop('test');

// Add a custom unit definition (1 second = 10 custom units)
$tracker->addUnitDefinition('testunit', '*', 10);

echo $tracker->calculate('test')
        ->convert('testunit')
        ->get();

// Output:
// hello world
// 30.037958621979

Format output

• You can format the output of the calculated time using named placeholders:

$tracker->start('test');

echo 'hello world<br>';
sleep(3);

$tracker->stop('test');

echo $tracker->calculate('test')
        ->convert('ms')
        ->format('Executed in {time}{unit}') // Default: '{time} {unit}'
        ->get();

// Output:
// hello world
// Executed in 3009.4430446625ms

Access raw and formatted result values

• Result::get() returns the raw value by default, or the formatted string after format() is used.
• Result::value() always returns the raw numeric value.
• Result::unit() returns the current unit.
• Result::toArray() returns a structured representation of the result.

$result = $tracker->calculate('test')
        ->convert('ms')
        ->format('Executed in {time}{unit}');

echo $result->get();
// Executed in 3009.4430446625ms

echo $result->value();
// 3009.4430446625

echo $result->unit();
// ms

print_r($result->toArray());

// Output:
// Array
// (
//     [time] => 3009.4430446625
//     [unit] => ms
//     [formatted] => Executed in 3009.4430446625ms
// )

Time tracking with callback function

• You can track time for a callback function and get both the callback result and the execution time:

class Conversation
{
    public function greet($time){
        return 'good ' . $time;
    }
}

$watch = \NAL\TimeTracker\TimeTracker::watch(
    function (Conversation $conv, $time) {
        sleep(3);
        return $conv->greet($time) . '<br>do something at ' . $time;
    },
    ['time' => 'evening'] // parameters variableName => value
);

echo $watch['result'];
echo $watch['time']->convert('ms')->format('{time}{unit}')->get();

• Example output:

array (size=2)
  'result' => string 'good evening<br>do something at evening'
  'time' => object(NAL\TimeTracker\Result)

Checking timer states

The following methods help you check timer states and get currently active timers.

Check if a timer has started

$tracker->start('download');

if ($tracker->isStarted('download')) {
    echo "Download timer is started.";
}

// Output:
// Download timer is started.

Check if a timer has stopped

$tracker->start('process');

sleep(1);

$tracker->stop('process');

if ($tracker->isStopped('process')) {
    echo "Process timer is stopped.";
}

// Output:
// Process timer is stopped.

Get currently active timers

$tracker->start('task1');
$tracker->start('task2');
$tracker->stop('task1');

print_r($tracker->getActiveTimers());

// Output:
// Array
// (
//     [0] => task2
// )

Check timer status

$tracker->start('import');

echo $tracker->status('import');

// Output:
// in progress

Check if a completed timer exists

$tracker->start('report');
$tracker->stop('report');

if ($tracker->exists('report')) {
    echo "Report timer exists.";
}

// Output:
// Report timer exists.

Get all durations

• durations() returns completed timers converted to the requested unit. By default, it converts to milliseconds and formats each value as {time} {unit}.

$tracker->start('task1');
usleep(10000);
$tracker->stop('task1');

$tracker->start('task2');
usleep(20000);
$tracker->stop('task2');

print_r($tracker->durations());

// Output:
// Array
// (
//     [task1] => 10.123 ms
//     [task2] => 20.456 ms
// )

• Pass an empty format string if you want raw numeric durations:

print_r($tracker->durations('ms', ''));

// Output:
// Array
// (
//     [task1] => 10.123
//     [task2] => 20.456
// )

Record laps

• Laps mark checkpoints inside a running timer.

$tracker->start('build');

usleep(10000);
$tracker->lap('build', 'Dependencies installed');

usleep(20000);
$tracker->lap('build', 'Assets compiled');

$tracker->stop('build');

print_r($tracker->getLaps('build'));

// Output:
// Array
// (
//     [0] => Array
//         (
//             [description] => Dependencies installed
//             [time] => 1760000000.1234
//         )
//     [1] => Array
//         (
//             [description] => Assets compiled
//             [time] => 1760000000.5678
//         )
// )

Pause and resume a timer

• Paused time is excluded from the final calculated duration.

$tracker->start('download');

usleep(10000);
$tracker->pause('download', 'Waiting for network');

usleep(50000);
$tracker->resume('download', 'Network resumed');

usleep(10000);
$tracker->stop('download');

echo $tracker->calculate('download')
        ->convert('ms')
        ->format('{time} {unit}')
        ->get();

Inspect a timer

• inspect() returns the raw tracked data for a timer, including start, end, pause, resume, lap, and status values.

print_r($tracker->inspect('download'));

// Output:
// Array
// (
//     [start] => 1760000000.1234
//     [end] => 1760000000.2345
//     [paused] => Array(...)
//     [resumed] => Array(...)
//     [status] => completed
//     [laps] => Array(...)
// )

Reset timers

$tracker->reset('download'); // Reset one timer

$tracker->reset(); // Reset all timers