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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

Tahsin Ahmed
Tahsin Ahmed
7,828 Points
Posted by Tahsin Ahmed
Tahsin Ahmed
7,828 Points

I'm doing it right and producing the right output but workspaces thinks I'm not...

Is there a certain way I'm supposed to fix this? I typed: date('F d\, Y');

It formats correctly in the Preview...

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

?>

2 Answers

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Tahsin,

You've just about got it, but you don't need that escape character. Remove the \ and you'll be all set.

Cheers :beers:

-Greg

Tahsin Ahmed
Tahsin Ahmed
7,828 Points
Tahsin Ahmed
Tahsin Ahmed
7,828 Points

It works! Thank you very much

Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
11,927 Points
Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
11,927 Points

There is a lot of ways to pick the date in the PHP maunal - here is the code that worked for me... It kept throwing a syntax error because the capital F wasn't touching the parentheses!

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