How to get the current Date and Time in PHP ?

In PHP, you can get the current date and time using the date() function. The date() function formats a timestamp to a more readable date and time.

Here are some examples of how to get the current date and time in PHP:

• Get the current date and time in the default format:

$currentDateTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
echo $currentDateTime;

Output: 2021-10-14 14:30:00

• Get the current date and time in a custom format:

$currentDateTime = date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
echo $currentDateTime;

Output: Thursday 14th of October 2021 02:30:00 PM

• Get the current date and time as a Unix timestamp:

$currentDateTime = time();
echo $currentDateTime;

Output: 1634220600

Note: The Unix timestamp represents the number of seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

• Get the current date and time in a specific timezone:

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
$currentDateTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
echo $currentDateTime;

Output: 2021-10-14 10:30:00

Note: The date_default_timezone_set() function sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in the script. In this example, the timezone is set to "America/New_York".