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time

Return current Unix timestamp (PHP 4, PHP 5)
int time ( )

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

Examples

Example 465. time() example

<?php
$nextWeek
= time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
                 
// 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
echo 'Now:       '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo
'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
// or using strtotime():
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n";
?>

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.