how to get today date in php code example

Example 1: php get current date and time

$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");   // October 30, 2019, 10:42 pm
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Wed Oct 30 22:42:18 UTC 2019
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");     // 2019-10-30 22:42:18(MySQL DATETIME format)

Example 2: date now php

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

Example 3: Get the Current Date and Time in PHP

phpCopy<?php
$DateAndTime = date('m-d-Y h:i:s a', time());  
echo "The current date and time are $DateAndTime.";
?>

Example 4: Get the Current Date and Time in PHP

phpCopy<?php
$Object = new DateTime();  
$DateAndTime = $Object->format("d-m-Y h:i:s a");  
echo "The current date and time are $DateAndTime.";
?>

Example 5: php get start of today

$beginOfDay = strtotime("today");
//to format
//$beginOfDay = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime('today'));