The following are examples of php_cpudist.d. This script traces the on-CPU time of PHP functions and prints a report containing distribution plots per subroutine. Here it traces the example program Code/Php/func_abc.php. # php_cpudist.d Tracing... Hit Ctrl-C to end. ^C Exclusive function on-CPU times (us), func_abc.php, func, func_a value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 8 | 0 16 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1 32 | 0 func_abc.php, func, func_b value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 8 | 0 16 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1 32 | 0 func_abc.php, func, func_c value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 8 | 0 16 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1 32 | 0 func_abc.php, func, sleep value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 8 | 0 16 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3 32 | 0 Inclusive function on-CPU times (us), func_abc.php, func, func_c value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 16 | 0 32 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1 64 | 0 func_abc.php, func, sleep value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 8 | 0 16 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3 32 | 0 func_abc.php, func, func_b value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 32 | 0 64 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1 128 | 0 func_abc.php, func, func_a value ------------- Distribution ------------- count 64 | 0 128 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1 256 | 0 In total, 3 subroutines were called, one each of func_a(), func_b() and func_c(), and sleep was called 3 times. You can see this reflected in the "count" column on the right. The exclusive subroutine elapsed times show that each subroutine spent between 16 and 31 microseconds on CPU. This time excludes the time spent in other subroutines. The inclusive subroutine elapsed times show that func_c() took between 32 microseconds and 63 microseconds on CPU; sleep ran three times and each time took between 16 and 31 microseconds on CPU; func_b() took between 64 and 127 microseconds on CPU; and func_a() took between 128 and 255 microseconds on CPU. This time includes the time spent in other subroutines called, and since func_a() called func_b() which called func_c(), these times make sense. These elapsed times are the on CPU time from when the subroutine began to when it completed. On-CPU times are useful for showing who is causing the CPUs to be busy. See Notes/ALLelapsed_notes.txt for more details. Also see Notes/ALLexclusive_notes.txt and Notes/ALLinclusive_notes.txt for a detailed explanation of exclusive vs inclusive subroutine time.