How to get Current Timestamp from Carbon in Laravel 5

Question

I want to get current timestamp in laravel 5 and I have done this-

$current_time = Carbon\\Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString();

I am getting e

Answer 1

For Laravel 5.5 or above just use the built in helper

$timestamp = now();

If you want a unix timestamp, you can also try this:

$unix_timestamp = now()->timestamp;