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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

carlos almanzar
carlos almanzar
1,935 Points
Posted by carlos almanzar
carlos almanzar
1,935 Points

help with this

Anyone knows?

index.php 
<?php

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



?>
vanamee
vanamee
13,797 Points

The question asking for the day of the month to have a leading zero. For example, July 04, 2016.

If you want the day portion of the date to have a leading zero in front of it:

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

If you want the day portion of the date to not have a leading zero in front of it:

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

See this page for more information.

1 Answer

Corey Cramer
Corey Cramer
9,453 Points

Keep the original echo statement where it starts out and on a new line below where they say to start add:

echo date('F d, Y');

Your way is cleaner by far and serves the same purpose. This is one of those examples where you just have to play along.