How can a PHP script be paused or halted temporarily?

To pause or halt a PHP script temporarily, you can use the `sleep()` function. This function takes a number of seconds as an argument and pauses the script execution for that amount of time. This can be useful for adding delays in script execution or for simulating slow processes. 

// Pause the script for 5 seconds
sleep(5);
echo "Script resumed after 5 seconds";

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sleep function usleep function set_time_limit function ignore_user_abort function exit function

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