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PHP mktime() Function
PHP mktime() Function
PHP mktime() function is used to return the Unix timestamp for a given input date. It returns a long integer containing the number of seconds between the Unix Epoch and the time given. It accepts seven parameters $hour, $minute, $second, $month, $day, $year and $is_dst. It returns an integer Unix timestamp as output on success and False in the case of error.
Syntax:
mktime( $hour, $minute, $second, $month, $day, $year, $is_dst);
Parameter Values
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| hour | This is an optional parameter. This parameter defines the hour. |
| minute | This is an optional parameter. This parameter defines minute. |
| second | This is an optional parameter. This parameter defines the second. |
| month | This is an optional parameter. This parameter defines the month. |
| day | This is an optional parameter. This parameter defines the day. |
| year | This is an optional parameter. This parameter defines the year. |
| is_dst | This is an optional parameter. This parameter is removed in PHP 7.0. |
Here is an example of mktime() function in PHP:
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo date("d-m-Y H:i:s", mktime(13,22,45,06,10,2020));
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
10-06-2020 13:22:45
10-06-2020 13:22:45
Example 2:
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo date("d-m-Y H:i:s")."<br><br>"; // current date time.
echo date("d-m-Y H:i:s", mktime(13,22,45,6,10,2020))."<br>";
echo date("d-m-Y", mktime(0,0,0,8,15,1947))."<br>";
echo date("dS M, Y ", mktime(0,0,0,2,14,2020))."<br>";
echo date("d-m-Y (l)", mktime(13,22,45,06,10,2050))."<br>";
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
03-02-2020 05:04:08
10-06-2020 13:22:45
15-08-1947
14th Feb, 2020
10-06-2050 (Friday)
03-02-2020 05:04:08
10-06-2020 13:22:45
15-08-1947
14th Feb, 2020
10-06-2050 (Friday)
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