TIME(3) 1 TIME(3)
time - Return current Unix timestamp
SYNOPSIS
int time (void )
DESCRIPTION
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(3) example
<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
// 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60 secs
echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."
";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."
";
// or using strtotime():
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."
";
?>
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(3), microtime(3).
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