time
(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
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).
Tip:
Timestamp of the start of the request is available in
$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] since PHP 5.1.
Example 1. time() example
<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
// 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
?>
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The above example will output
something similar to: Now: 2005-03-30
Next Week: 2005-04-07 |
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See also date() and microtime().