Description
int 
time ( void  )
   Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since
   the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
  
Tip: 
    Timestamp of the start of the request is available in
    $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] since PHP 5.1.
   
   
| Example 1. time() example | 
<?php$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
 // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
 echo 'Now:       '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
 echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
 ?>
 | 
 The above example will output 
something similar to: | Now:       2005-03-30
Next Week: 2005-04-07 | 
 | 
  
   See also date() and microtime().