php get current date formatted code example

Example 1: date now php

date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

Example 2: php code to display current date and time in different formats

echo date('Y.m.d H:i:s');

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');