PHP, How to get current date in certain format

Question

2011-03-04 21:00:40

I want to get current date and time in the above format. How do I do this in PHP?

Answer 1

date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // This should do it.

Answer 2

date('Y-m-d H:i:s'). See the manual for more.

Answer 3

I belive the answer is:

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