You can get current date in php using getdate().This function return array of options like seconds,minutes,hours,mday, and other options.You can also get date uing date function of php.Here i am presnting you some examples how to get current date in php.

$dateArray=getdate(); 
    echo "Current seconds=".$dateArray['seconds'];
    echo "Current minutes=".$dateArray['minutes'];
    echo "Current hours=".$dateArray['hours'];
    echo "Current mday=".$dateArray['mday'];
    echo "Current wday=".$dateArray['wday'];
    echo "Current mon=".$dateArray['mon'];
    echo "Current year=".$dateArray['year'];
    echo "Current yday=".$dateArray['yday'];
    echo "Current weekday=".$dateArray['weekday'];
    echo "Current month=".$dateArray['month'];
    
    echo "another way ";
    echo "Current year=".date('Y');
    echo "Current month=".date('m');
    echo "Current date=".date('d');
    echo "Current hour=".date('H');
    echo "Current minutes=".date('i');
    echo "Current seconds=".date('s');
    echo "Current am/pm =".date('a');