NOW() function in PHP

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Is there a PHP function that returns the date and time in the same format as the MySQL function NOW()?

I know how to do it using date(), but I am asking if there is a function only for this.

For example, to return:

2009-12-01 00:00:00

Answers

Not besides the date function:

date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

Sunday, October 30, 2022

datingmeetscom-697f33267dcd

Ok, after fiddling with this for some time, I withdraw the solution with date('U') and suggest to use this one instead:

function isValidTimeStamp($timestamp)
{
    return ((string) (int) $timestamp === $timestamp) 
        && ($timestamp <= PHP_INT_MAX)
        && ($timestamp >= ~PHP_INT_MAX);
}

This check will only return true if the given $timestamp is a string and consists solely of digits and an optional minus character. The number also has to be within the bit range of an integer (EDIT: actually unneeded as shown here).

var_dump( isValidTimeStamp(1)             ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('1')           ); // TRUE
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('1.0')         ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('1.1')         ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('0xFF')        ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('0123')        ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('01090')       ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('-1000000')    ); // TRUE
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('+1000000')    ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('2147483648')  ); // false
var_dump( isValidTimeStamp('-2147483649') ); // false

The check for PHP_INT_MAX is to ensure that your string can be used correctly by date and the likes, e.g. it ensures this doesn't happen*:

echo date('Y-m-d', '2147483648');  // 1901-12-13
echo date('Y-m-d', '-2147483649'); // 2038-01-19

On 64bit systems the integer is of course larger than that and the function will no longer return false for "2147483648" and "-2147483649" but for the corresponding larger numbers.

^{(*) Note: I'm not 100% sure, the bit range corresponds with what date can use though}

Thursday, September 29, 2022

fisteku199-5acc4a051d5e

The workaround is to use the hours value as 24 hour clock. To represent '3:45:56 PM', insert to the database column a string value '15:45:56'.

Otherwise, you can use the STR_TO_DATE function to convert the string into a valid TIME value.

 INSERT INTO mytable (mycol) VALUES (STR_TO_DATE('3:45:56 PM','%h:%i:%s %p'))

To retrieve a TIME value from a database column, formatted as 12 hour clock with AM/PM.

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(mytimecol,'%h:%i:%s %p') AS mytimestr FROM ...

References:

STR_TO_DATE https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_str-to-date

DATE_FORMAT https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

ryan_kohn

I would setup the IPN listener to mark the item's status as sold in it's database table (you are generating that form based on a database?) when the IPN comes back "VERFIFIED" and payment_status = 'Complete'. Then, only generate that form when the item is not sold.

If you don't know how to implement an IPN listener, here is a tutorial: PayPal IPN with PHP

Saturday, October 1, 2022

tommy_carlier

It's not a parameter of the query, in that you don't have to supply a value to MySQL.

$insert = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO posts (post_name, publish_date) VALUES (?, NOW())");

Sunday, August 14, 2022

seffix

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