PHP Reference

Quick Reference

The PHP mktime() function returns the Unix timestamp for a date.

<?php
echo date('M-d-Y', mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 11, 2013));
?>

Output

Jan-11-2013

Syntax

mktime(hour, minute, second, month, day, year)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
hourSpecifies the hour
minuteSpecifies the minute
secondSpecifies the second
monthSpecifies the month
daySpecifies the day
yearSpecifies the year

PHP Notes:

  • When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on

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