Title: wpdb::timer_stop
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# wpdb::timer_stop(): float

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Stops the debugging timer.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 float Total time spent on the query, in seconds.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function timer_stop() {
    	return ( microtime( true ) - $this->time_start );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L3999)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L3999-L4001)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wpdb::_do_query()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/_do_query/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Internal function to perform the mysqli_query() call.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/timer_stop/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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