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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Date Function

Ethan Lax
Ethan Lax
782 Points
Posted by Ethan Lax
Ethan Lax
782 Points

I'm trying to display the date, formatted as ex:(January 1, 2017) but I keep getting the error "use date('F')".

My input is <?php echo date('F') . ' ' . date('d') . ', ' . date('Y'); ?> I also tried, echo date('F d') . ', ' . date('Y'); and both display the date as required, but the error remains. Please help.

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

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Ethan,

You can think of the input parameter of the date function as the entire output of what you want your date to look like. So all you need to do is replace each part of the string with its corresponding letter, no string concatenation required.

echo date("F d, Y");

Hope this helps.

Ethan Lax
Ethan Lax
782 Points
Ethan Lax
Ethan Lax
782 Points

Thanks for the quick response!... I didn't know I could place the comma with the parameters, which is the only reason I used concatenation in the first place.