PHP equivalent of JavaScript getTime()

Question

Suppose I'm running the following JavaScript getTime() function

<script language="JavaScript">
var $x = Math.round((new Date()).getTime()/1000);
</script>

What would the equivalent code in PHP look like?

JavaScript time is in milliseconds and PHP time is in seconds. This answer needs to be reopened to answer this question correctly, as none of the answers below is correct, and it is not answered for JavaScript in [How to get the current date and time in PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/470617/how-to-get-the-current-date-and-time-in-php) The correct answer to the question in case this doesn't get reopened is: `( (string)time() ) . ( (string)intval(microtime()*1000) )` and yes all the parentheses are necessary, otherwise it drops a digit. — Jim Bergman, Oct 23 '17 at 19:58

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:21

10

Try something like this:

echo number_format(microtime(true)*1000,0,'.','');

or because you are dividing by 1000, most probably you need this:

echo number_format(microtime(true),0,'.','');

answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:21

Salvador Dali

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:21

6

<?php
$x = time(); // seconds
$x = microtime(); // milliseconds
?>

answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:21

Mr. B.

Emilio Gort · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-26T20:39:16.270

1

$time_stamp = time();
echo $time_stamp;

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

edited Oct 26 '17 at 20:39

answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:23

Emilio Gort

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:22

0

You'd use the php function time(). It creates the timestamp for you.

<?php 
    $time = time();
?>

answered Sep 26 '13 at 00:22

Darren

4 Answers4