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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

John Lukacs
John Lukacs
26,806 Points
Posted by John Lukacs
John Lukacs
26,806 Points

For this code challenge, you'll need to check out the documentation for the date function to see details about formattin

Why does my code not pass it looks correct

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

?>

5 Answers

Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 Points
Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 Points

Try

echo date('F d, Y');

That should produce the same result, though.

John Lukacs
John Lukacs
26,806 Points
John Lukacs
John Lukacs
26,806 Points

You glorious tit willer

Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 Points
Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 Points

Thats an odd remark. Did the solution help you?

Brandon Leung
Brandon Leung
17,734 Points
Brandon Leung
Brandon Leung
17,734 Points

Thanks for this! I was using the escape character before the comma. Problem solved!

sean shea
sean shea
22,104 Points
sean shea
sean shea
22,104 Points

Thank you :P I was tying echo date('D d, Y'); and I couldnt figure out what was wrong lol

Filip Sevcik
Filip Sevcik
2,279 Points
Filip Sevcik
Filip Sevcik
2,279 Points 
echo "Today is ";
echo date("F d, Y");
Aaron Shufelt
Aaron Shufelt
3,154 Points
Aaron Shufelt
Aaron Shufelt
3,154 Points

You can get the same exact result by concatenating, either by variable assignment as I've done below or by just calling the date function itself. However for whatever reason, treehouse won't take this as a correct answer.

$today = date("F d, Y");
echo 'Today is ' . $today . "." ;

or 

echo 'Today is ' . date("F d, Y") . ".";