How to get current date and time in PHP like MySQL's NOW()?

Hello everyone! I'm just starting to learn PHP and switched from MySQL, where I often used the NOW() function to insert the current date and time into tables. For example, in SQL I wrote: ```sql INSERT INTO posts (title, created_at) VALUES ('My post', NOW()); ``` This worked perfectly. Now I'm trying to do the same in PHP when saving data to the database. I'm writing code like this: ```php $title = $_POST['title']; $sql = "INSERT INTO posts (title, created_at) VALUES ('$title', NOW())"; ``` But I've been told that it's bad practice to use SQL functions inside a PHP query because it can lead to timezone issues and mismatches between the server and database time. Also, if I want to check the time before insertion or format it in PHP, I won't be able to. Question