get today day in php code example

Example 1: php get current date and time

$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");   // October 30, 2019, 10:42 pm
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Wed Oct 30 22:42:18 UTC 2019
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");     // 2019-10-30 22:42:18(MySQL DATETIME format)

Example 2: php today date

<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("l");

Example 3: php current date get

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); 
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // time in India

Example 4: php all date formats

<?php
echo date("F j, Y, g:i a")."<br>";               // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
echo date("m.d.y")."<br>";                       // 03.10.01
echo date("j, n, Y")."<br>";                     // 10, 3, 2001
echo date("Ymd")."<br>";                         // 20010310
echo date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day')."<br>";   // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
echo date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.')."<br>"; // it is the 10th day.
echo date("D M j G:i:s T Y")."<br>";             // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
echo date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h')."<br>";   // 17:03:18 m is month
echo date("H:i:s")."<br>";                       // 17:16:18
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."<br>";                 // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)

Example 5: php date

$dateTime = new \DateTime();
/**
 * You can get the string by using format
 */
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');