current time date 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 current time

<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
                   // 7 Tage; 24 Stunden; 60 Minuten; 60 Sekunden
echo 'Jetzt:          '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Naechste Woche: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
// oder strtotime() verwenden:
echo 'Naechste Woche: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n";
?>