NOW() function in PHP

Question

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(), b

Answer 1

Use this function:

function getDatetimeNow() {
    $tz_object = new DateTimeZone('Brazil/East');
    //date_default_timezone_set('Brazil/East');

    $datetime = new DateTime();
    $datetime->setTimezone($tz_object);
    return $datetime->format('Y\-m\-d\ h:i:s');
}