constant REQUEST_TIME

Time of the current request in seconds elapsed since the Unix Epoch.

This differs from $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], which is stored as a float since PHP 5.4.0. Float timestamps confuse most PHP functions (including date_create()).

See also

http://php.net/manual/reserved.variables.server.php

http://php.net/manual/function.time.php

163 uses of REQUEST_TIME

admin_bar_get_user_count in modules/admin_bar/admin_bar.module: Return count of online authenticated users.
admin_bar_js_cache in modules/admin_bar/admin_bar.module: Menu callback; Output administration bar for HTTP caching via AJAX request.
_backdrop_bootstrap_page_cache in includes/bootstrap.inc: Attempts to serve a page from the cache.
backdrop_cache_system_paths in includes/path.inc: Cache system paths for a page.
backdrop_cron_run in includes/common.inc: Executes a cron run when called.

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File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 234: Functions that need to be loaded on every Backdrop request.

Code

define('REQUEST_TIME', (int) $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'])