{"id":11570,"date":"2024-03-14T14:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-retrieve-the-current-time-in-php-and-write-it-into-the-database\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:41:06","slug":"how-to-retrieve-the-current-time-in-php-and-write-it-into-the-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-retrieve-the-current-time-in-php-and-write-it-into-the-database\/","title":{"rendered":"How to retrieve the current time in PHP and write it in&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the date() function to get the current time and then write the obtained time into the database. 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