A timer that keeps track of its events, using a Finite State Machine to validate the timers internal state, and the stored events.
From its initial state, a timer can only be started, any other actions will result in an exception being thrown.
<?php
use \Will1471\Timer\Timer;
$timer = new Timer();
$timer->start();Running timers can be stopped, or paused and later resumed.
sleep(1);
$timer->pause();
sleep(1);
$timer->resume();
sleep(1);
$timer->stop();A timer that has been stopped can not be resumed or restarted.
At any point in the timers life cycle, the number of elapsed seconds can be calculated.
var_dump($timer->getElapsedSeconds());
// int(2)MIT