The time() function in PHP returns the current time as a Unix timestamp. It returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Syntax
time()
Parameters
NA
Return
The time() function returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Example
The following is an example −
<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
?>Output
The following is the output −
Now: 2018-10-11 Next Week: 2018-10-18
Example
Let us see another example −
<?php
$res = time();
echo($res . "<br>");
echo(date("Y-m-d",$res));
?>Output
The following is the output −
1539245504 2018-10-11