(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
time — Return current Unix timestamp
Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Note:
Unix timestamps do not contain any information with regards to any local timezone. It is recommended to use the DateTimeImmutable class for handling date and time information in order to avoid the pitfalls that come with just Unix timestamps.
This function has no parameters.
Returns the current timestamp.
Example #1 time() example
<?php
echo 'Now: '. time();
?>The above example will output something similar to:
Now: 1660338149
Timestamp of the start of the request is available in $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'].