PHP date function

skirmish · 12-18-2005

I have this code to show the date and time:

PHP Code:


			
 <?php

      // Show the date

      $date = date("d M Y \a\t g:i A");

      echo 'The Current date and time is: <b>';

      echo $date;

      echo '</b>';

   ?>

The problem I have is that im trying to get it to display
'date' at 'time'
But when it runs it displays
'date' a 'time'

Im pretty sure 'a' and 't' are code for date/time so I put a \ infront of them to stop them being used, im guessing theres something really silly ive done wrong but cant really see it unfortunatly.

*The Eagle* · 12-18-2005

Your problem lies in the fact that strings are parsed by PHP's internal engine before they get handed to the date function (or any other function for that matter), so \t gets immediately transformed into a tab.

In order for the date function to actually receive an escaped t (\t), you have to physically force a backslash there ("d M Y \\a\\t g:i A").