Learning PHP (2)

This article contains examples of PHP.

Example One: date and time

PHP provides the date() function, which returns date and time.

The date and time can be formatted and used in a variety of ways.

Code snippet:

<p><?php echo date("Y/m/d"); ?></p>
<p><?php echo date("l"); ?></p>

Observe how the above code snippet mixes HTML with PHP code islands.

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See Also

• Getting started with PHP
• PHP

External links

Documentation

• Date and Time
• DateTime class
• date

Tutorials

• PHP 5 Date and Time
• PHP 5 Date/Time Functions
• PHP date() Function
• Get current date and time in PHP
• DateTime In PHP
• Dates and Time - The OOP Way