How do I use PHP to get the current year?

Question

I want to put a copyright notice in the footer of a web site, but I think it\'s incredibly tacky for the year to be outdated.

How would I make the year update automat

Answer 1

http://us2.php.net/date

echo date('Y');

Answer 2

If your server supports Short Tags, or you use PHP 5.4, you can use:

<?=date("Y")?>

Answer 3

Here's what I do:

<?php echo date("d-m-Y") ?>

below is a bit of explanation of what it does:

d = day
m = month
Y = year

Y will gives you four digit (e.g. 1990) and y for two digit (e.g. 90)

Answer 4

use a PHP date() function.

and the format is just going to be Y. Capital Y is going to be a four digit year.

<?php echo date("Y"); ?>

Answer 5

BTW... there are a few proper ways how to display site copyright. Some people have tendency to make things redundant i.e.: Copyright © have both the same meaning. The important copyright parts are:

**Symbol, Year, Author/Owner and Rights statement.** 

Using PHP + HTML:

<p id='copyright'>&copy; <?php echo date("Y"); ?> Company Name All Rights Reserved</p>

or

<p id='copyright'>&copy; <?php echo "2010-".date("Y"); ?> Company Name All Rights Reserved</p

Answer 6

<?php
$time_now=mktime(date('h')+5,date('i')+30,date('s'));
$dateTime = date('d_m_Y   h:i:s A',$time_now);

echo $dateTime;
?>