PHP code to assign and print the current date-time in variables

In this PHP code, we will learn how to get and assign current date time into variables and print them on the webpage?

Source Code and Output to Get, Assign and print Current Date and Time:

<?php
	$cur_date = date("D, d M Y");
	$cur_time = date("h:i:s a");
	
	/*print values of cur_date and cur_time*/
	printf("Current date is: " .$cur_date);
	print "</br>";				
	printf("Current time is: " .$cur_time);
	print "</br>";						
?>

Output:

Current date is: Tue, 08 Nov 2016
Current time is: 02:33:48 pm