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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

Posted by Nobody Tebulo
Nobody Tebulo
13,233 Points

You have not passed the correct string for formatting.

i am trying to get the current date

index.php 
<?php
//Place your code below this comment
echo "Today is string date('F d, Y')";
?>

1 Answer

Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,998 Points
Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,998 Points

They want two echo commands and you got something wrong with the syntax. The date function shouldn`t be in the quotation marks.

<?php
echo 'Today is ';
//Place your code below this comment
 echo date('F d, Y');
?>

Hope it helps ;)