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PHP Date Exercises : Display the copyright information in the specified format

PHP date: Exercise-1 with Solution

Write a PHP script which will display the copyright information in the following format. To get current year you can use the date() function.

Expected Format : © 2013 PHP Exercises - w3resource

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Copyright Information</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Output the copyright symbol followed by the current year -->
<p>© <?php echo date('Y'); ?> PHP Exercises - w3resource</p>
</body>
</html>


Output:

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Explanation:

In the exercise above,

  • <!DOCTYPE HTML>: Specifies the document type and version of HTML being used.
  • <html>, <head>, <meta>, <title>: These tags define the structure and metadata of the HTML document.
  • <body>: Begins the body of the HTML document.
  • <?php echo date('Y'); ?>: This PHP snippet dynamically generates the current year using the date() function with the format specifier 'Y'.
  • <p>© <?php echo date('Y'); ?> PHP Exercises - w3resource</p>: This paragraph element contains the copyright symbol, the current year generated by PHP, and additional text.
  • </body>, </html>: Closes the body and HTML tags, respectively.

Flowchart :

Flowchart: Display the copyright information in the specified format

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