Insert current date in datetime format mySQL

php mysql

CCates · Mar 2, 2012 · Viewed 413.7k times · Source

I'm having problems getting the date inserted properly into my database.

$date = date('m/d/Y h:i:s', time());

I use this format, and, it echoes out correctly, however, when, I insert

mysql_query("INSERT INTO table 
(dateposted) 
VALUES ('$date')");

it doesn't appear to work successfully, and, the time remains 00:00:00 If you could find the solution that would be great, thanks.

Answer

If you're looking to store the current time just use MYSQL's functions.

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`dateposted`) VALUES (now())");

If you need to use PHP to do it, the format it Y-m-d H:i:s so try

$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`dateposted`) VALUES ('$date')");