How to get the current UNIX timestamp using PHP

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UNIX TIMESTAMPIs the time measured in seconds since the start of the Unix epoch “1 January 1970”

Use the PHP time function as per example below

echo time(); //Will print out the current timestamp
 
//OUTPUT: 1285365600

To read more about the time function click here

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