Firebase timestamp in php

Question

Which method to use in php to generate firebase timestamp, which is equally to firebase.serverValue.timestamp?

I have tried using time(), apparently it's wrong format.

Answer 1

If you are using Google SDK for (Firebase / Firestore), you can use the following :

use Google\Cloud\Core\Timestamp;

// ....

$stamp = new Timestamp(new DateTime());

Then store $stamp into database.. so you will get a field similar to this