Getting a php script to pause

Is there a way to get php to pause mid script before processing.

In pseudo-code what I am looking for is

Any help is much appreciated.

 

<?php
sleep(10);
header("Location: http://www.google.com");
?>

 

That will basically make the page take 10 seconds to load, if you want to load the page then redirect in 10 seconds then you need to use javascript setTimeout or a meta refresh

 

Just realised it's gonna give a screwy error output already sent shit......

Any way to get round this.

 

try using output buffering

 

use ob_start() and ob_flush() combo