[thelist] PHP Generate a reference number
Ben Henick
persist1 at io.com
Thu Jan 16 08:49:18 CST 2003
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Andrew Maynes wrote:
> What I would like to do is generate a ref number based on time dd/mm/yyyy can
> this be done?
Yes. I personally have always found it easier to work with timestamps,
but...
$reference_num_secs = time();
$reference_num_date = date("ymdHis",$reference_num_secs);
The latter returns, for example:
030116154542
in other words:
16 Jan 2003 15:45:42 -0000
(One subs an upper case "Y" for the lower-case in order to return a four
digit year, IIRC.)
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