Getting Today's Date

To access the current date and time, use the date function. This uses the format date (format) where format is a code used to format the date/time returned. The possible values for the format are given in the more detail section on the right. Here are some examples:



$today = date(Ymd);
// Gives $today the date like 20061205


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Summary

  • Create an array using the key values and a value for each element
  • Add to the end of a numeric array using []
  • Retrieve an element in an array using its key
  • Use count to find out how many elements are in an array