How To Use setInterval in PHP?

setInterval is a JavaScript function and cannot be used directly in PHP. However, you can use the sleep() function in a loop to achieve a similar effect. For example:

<?php

$counter = 0;

while ($counter < 2) {
    echo "This message will be printed every 5 seconds\n";
    sleep(5);
    $counter++;
}

echo "Finished";

This will execute the code within the while loop every 5 seconds for two times.

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Another way to achieve this is to use a cron job which will run the script every certain interval.

* * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/script.php

This will run the script every minute.

It's important to note that the above approach will consume resources on the server and can cause the server to slow down if the script is running for an extensive period.

It's always better to use a message queue or task scheduler like celery, RabbitMQ, etc. which are specifically designed for this purpose.