I know that the time(); function will stop working after Year 2038 right?
Are there any other related functions that might not work ?
For instance, is date(); going to work ok ? Is it safe to use it ?
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Jack M.
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2God I hope PHP wouldn't still exist in 2038. Let alone PHP on a 32bit box. – Benjamin Gruenbaum Jun 28 '14 at 15:35
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I think the problem is for 32bit machines only. Everything will continue to work fine on 64bit – CMPS Jun 28 '14 at 15:35
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You won't be able to use the date() function but if you use the DateTime class, it will work for nearly everything except DateTime::getTimestamp because that would return a Unix timestamp, which would of course be the wrong date.
Edit: getTimestamp will continue to function correctly on 64-bit machines; the problem lies with 32-bit machines as the number would be too big and would then wrap around to the wrong date.
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that this will work correctly on 64 bit machines. (But obviously not on 32 bit machines.) – Daniel Jun 28 '14 at 16:28