php get today day 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 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 3: date in php

/**
 * Its always best to use a datetime object
 */
$dateTime = new \DateTime();
/**
 * You can get the string by using format
 */
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Example 4: name of today php

$datetime = DateTime::createFromFormat('YmdHi', '201308131830');
echo $datetime->format('D');

// or 

$date = new \DateTime();
echo $date->format("D");

Example 5: php date

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

Example 6: php date

<?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 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l jS \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: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:28:57 -0700
echo date(DATE_RFC2822);

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