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thejunior · 12-01-2005, 08:08 PM

Is there a php variable which holds the current date?

cristobal · 12-02-2005, 10:51 AM

date?

[quote] print "`date '+%Y-%m-%d'";[quote]

Try that out

boohlick · 12-03-2005, 04:38 AM

or you can try this

Quote:

<?php
// set the default timezone to use. Available since PHP 5.1
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');

// Prints something like: Monday
echo date("l");

// Prints something like: Monday 15th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A');

// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));

/* use the constants in the format parameter */
// prints something like: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:12:46 UTC
echo date(date::RFC822);

// prints something like: 2000-07-01T00:00:00+0000
echo date(date::ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
?>

clifford · 12-03-2005, 08:52 PM

time() is a function holding the current unix timestamp, and date() is a function used to format that value.

gopalkr · 09-03-2009, 04:13 PM

What uints does time funciton and date function return in?

Christina Lawrence · 02-07-2011, 06:09 AM

DateTime is an extension, which you can use or not: it's not a part of the language. And the OP gave no indication that they were using DateTime... For a datetime object, it's best to use Datetime::add() and Datetime::sub().. Hope this helps..

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almedajohnson · 02-10-2011, 12:01 AM

time() funnction will tell you the current date and time

iphonesupport · 02-11-2011, 11:09 AM

try this
<?php
echo date("Y/m/d");
?>

mygold · 02-11-2011, 08:59 PM

Variables in PHP

Variables are used for storing values, like text strings, numbers or arrays.

When a variable is declared, it can be used over and over again in your script.

All variables in PHP start with a $ sign symbol.

The correct way of declaring a variable in PHP:
$var_name = value;

New PHP programmers often forget the $ sign at the beginning of the variable. In that case it will not work.

Let's try creating a variable containing a string, and a variable containing a number:
<?php
$txt="Hello World!";
$x=16;
?>

You try to use this as example.