get current 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 get day from date

$timestamp = strtotime('2009-10-22');

$day = date('D', $timestamp);
var_dump($day);

Example 3: get day from date php

// Prints the day
echo date("l") . "<br>";

Example 4: php date

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

Example 5: get current date from year input php

$date_input = '2003';
$date_output= date( "Y-m-d", mktime( 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, $date_input ));
//date_output = 2003-01-01