How to get the current date and time in PHP?

@rollin 

The current date and time in PHP can be obtained using the built-in function date(). The function takes a format parameter that defines how the date should be displayed.

Here's an example of how to get the current date and time in the default format:

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

This will output something like: 2021-06-15 12:34:56

You can customize the format of the output by changing the format parameter. For example, to display the date in a more human-readable format, you can use:

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$currentDate = date('F j, Y, g:i a');
echo $currentDate;

This will output something like: June 15, 2021, 12:34 pm