php now() function 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: date now php
date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
Example 3: time function in php
Return the current time as a Unix timestamp, then format it to a date:
<?php
/* Unix Timestamp */
$timestamp = time();
echo $timestamp . "<br>";
echo date("d/m/Y", $timestamp);
?>