NOW() function in PHP

Question

Is there a PHP function that returns the date and time in the same format as the MySQL function NOW()?

I know how to do it using date(), b

Answer 1

shortly

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

php advanced now class extra addMinute addYear as such addHour etc ...

<?php /** @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection */

/**
 * Class Now
 * @author  dılo sürücü <berxudar@gmail.com>
 */
class Now
{

    /**
     * @var DateTime
     */
    private $dateTime;

    /**
     * Now constructor.
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->dateTime = new DateTime('now');
    }


    /**
     * @param int $year
     * @return Now
     * @throws Exception
     * @noinspection PhpUnused
     */
    public function addYear(int $year): self
    {
        $this->dateTime->add(new DateInterval('P' . $year . 'Y'));

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @noinspection PhpUnused
     * @param int $month
     * @return Now
     * @throws Exception
     * @noinspection PhpUnused
     */
    public function addMonth(int $month):self 
    {
        $this->dateTime->add(new DateInterval('P' . $month . 'M'));

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param int $day
     * @return $this
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function addDay(int $day): self
    {
        $this->dateTime->add(new DateInterval('P' . $day . 'D'));
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @noinspection PhpUnused
     * @param int $week
     * @return $this
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function addWeek(int $week): self
    {
        return $this->addDay($week * 7);
    }

    /**
     * @noinspection PhpUnused
     * @param int $second
     * @return $this
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function addSecond(int $second): self
    {
        $this->dateTime->add(new DateInterval('PT' . $second . 'S'));
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param int $minute
     * @return $this
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function addMinute(int $minute): self
    {
        $this->dateTime->add(new DateInterval('PT' . $minute . 'M'));
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param int $hour
     * @return $this
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function addHour(int $hour): self
    {
        $this->dateTime->add(new DateInterval('PT' . $hour . 'H'));
        return $this;
    }


    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function get(): string
    {
        return $this->dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    }

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function __toString()
    {
        return $this->get();
    }

}


/**
 * @return Now
 * @throws Exception
 */
function now()
{
    return new Now();

}

using

  echo now(); //2020-03-10 22:10


echo now()->addDay(1); //2020-03-11 22:10


echo now()->addDay(1)->addHour(1); // //2020-03-11 23:10


echo now()->addDay(1)->addHour(1)->addMinute(30); // //2020-03-11 23:40


echo now()->addDay(1)->addHour(1)->addMinute(30)->addSecond(10); // //2020-03-11 23:50

//or u can use get method for example

echo now()->addDay(1)->addHour(1)->addMinute(30)->get(); // //2020-03-11 23:40

Answer 2

Use this function:

function getDatetimeNow() {
    $tz_object = new DateTimeZone('Brazil/East');
    //date_default_timezone_set('Brazil/East');

    $datetime = new DateTime();
    $datetime->setTimezone($tz_object);
    return $datetime->format('Y\-m\-d\ h:i:s');
}

Answer 3

In PHP the logic equivalent of the MySQL's function now() is time().

But time() return a Unix timestamp that is different from a MySQL DATETIME.

So you must convert the Unix timestamp returned from time() in the MySQL format.

You do it with: date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

But where is time() in the date() function? It's the second parameter: infact you should provide to date() a timestamp as second parameter, but if it is omissed it is defaulted to time().

This is the most complete answer I can imagine.

Greetings.

Answer 4

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new \DateTime()

Answer 5

date('Y-m-d H:i:s')

Look here for more details: http://pl.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Answer 6

Not besides the date function:

date("Y-m-d H:i:s");