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);
?>