time
time
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
time — Return current Unix timestamp
Description
int time ( void )
Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Examples
Example #1 time() example
<?php $nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60); // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60 secs echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n"; echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n"; // or using strtotime(): echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n"; ?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Now: 2005-03-30 Next Week: 2005-04-06 Next Week: 2005-04-06
Notes
Tip
Timestamp of the start of the request is available in $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] since PHP 5.1.
See Also
- date() - Format a local time/date
- microtime() - Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds
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