How to add Javascript date from browser inside a PHP link

Question

I know how to code in PHP but admittedly new to Javascript. I am trying to create a link upon collecting the date. When I echo the date from the JS code, it works but adding it inside a link is somehow proving challenging.

<?php  
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

$date = '<script type="text/javascript">
var event = new Date();
var options = { year: "numeric", month: "numeric", day: "numeric" };
document.write(event.toLocaleDateString("es-CL", options));
</script>';

echo $date; // 18-11-2021

//Unable to create a link
echo '<a href="/example/'.$date.'"> Today </a>';

?>

Unsure what my code is missing. Thanks

This won't work because you try to execute JavaScript code and store the result in PHP. It won't be happening because it runs PHP first (server) then JS (frontend). The solution here is to generate the date and link in JavaScript without PHP. — Guillaume Renoult, Nov 18 '21 at 04:59
Does this answer your question? [What is the difference between client-side and server-side programming?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13840429/what-is-the-difference-between-client-side-and-server-side-programming) — Nico Haase, Nov 26 '21 at 10:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '21 at 05:32

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You can use like below to get javascript date in link:

<a href="" id="mydate"> Today </a>

<script type="text/javascript">
var event = new Date();
var options = { year: "numeric", month: "numeric", day: "numeric" };
var date=event.toLocaleDateString("es-CL", options);
document.getElementById("mydate").href="/example/"+date;
</script>

answered Nov 18 '21 at 05:32

PHP Hupp Technologies

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If I wanted to go one day before or after the current date how can I include that? – Dan Nov 18 '21 at 07:18
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You can do like: var event = new Date(); event.setDate(event.getDate() + 1); – PHP Hupp Technologies Nov 18 '21 at 07:23

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '21 at 05:40

This is how you can achieve it using jquery

Step 1: Add Jquery CDN

Step 2: HTML

<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="test">Test</a>

Step 3: Adding Jquery Code and getting current date time

var currentdate = new Date(); 
var datetime = currentdate.getDate() + "/"
                + (currentdate.getMonth()+1);

$('.test').attr('href',datetime); //this is how you can add to href tag
$('.test').text(datetime) //this is how you can add to text of <a> tag

This is how you can achieve it.

How to add Javascript date from browser inside a PHP link

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