PHP Page Load & Real-Time Variables

Question

I am trying to get date data from a php script to the html where it displays the current time of when the page was loaded initially. And the current time updated in real-time.

I have been able to get the current time using the

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
echo date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', time());  ... 

But I cant find what the function is to get the time that the webpage was opened?

Any help please. Okay I made a mistake and got it switched. I have the time of page load and now I need the current time in real-time retrieved.

No worries guys, thanks for helping me on the first bit I am gonna go try and get the real-time thingy myself :)

Answer 1

date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', time()) will be the time you generated the page.

For updating it real-time, you will need to use some client side code, as PHP only runs on the server-side.

For the real-time clock, I would suggest you to look at the JQuery library for JavaScript .

http://jquery.com/