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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>EvTimer::__construct</refname>
  <refpurpose>Constructs an EvTimer watcher object</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier>public</modifier>
   <methodname>EvTimer::__construct</methodname>
   <methodparam>
    <type>float</type>
    <parameter>after</parameter>
   </methodparam>
   <methodparam>
    <type>float</type>
    <parameter>repeat</parameter>
   </methodparam>
   <methodparam>
    <type>callable</type>
    <parameter>callback</parameter>
   </methodparam>
   <methodparam
   choice="opt">
    <type>mixed</type>
    <parameter>data</parameter>
    <initializer>&null;</initializer>
   </methodparam>
   <methodparam
   choice="opt">
    <type>int</type>
    <parameter>priority</parameter>
    <initializer>0</initializer>
   </methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Constructs an EvTimer watcher object.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <parameter>after</parameter>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Configures the timer to trigger after
      <parameter>after</parameter>
      seconds.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <parameter>repeat</parameter>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      If repeat is
      <constant>0.0</constant>
      , 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.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <parameter>callback</parameter>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      See
      <link linkend="ev.watcher-callbacks">Watcher callbacks</link>
      .
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <parameter>data</parameter>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Custom data associated with the watcher.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <parameter>priority</parameter>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      <link linkend="ev.constants.watcher-pri">Watcher priority</link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns EvTimer object on success.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
 <example>
   <title>Simple timers</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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";
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  &example.outputs.similar;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
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
]]>
  </screen>
  </example>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <simplelist>
   <member>
    <methodname>EvTimer::createStopped</methodname>
   </member>
   <member>
    <classname>EvPeriodic</classname>
   </member>
   <member>
    <link xlink:href="http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#code_ev_timer_code_relative_and_opti">ev_timer - relative and optionally repeating timeouts</link>
   </member>
   <member>
    <link xlink:href="http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#Be_smart_about_timeouts">Be smart about timeouts</link>
   </member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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