Concatenation of date time with a string in php

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I am trying to attach data and time with a filename but it is not working without any errors:

$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');
$pdf = $date.'order_sheet.pdf';

Through this code the file didn't become downloaded

what do you mean by attach? attaching to email? Or sending out to clients using Content-disposition? Or? — Andreas Wong
– Andreas Wong, Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 11:05
All you do is assign variables. What is the reason you expect this making a file downloadable? — CodeZombie
– CodeZombie, Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 11:05
also its not a good filename. Try something like date('Y_m_d_H_i_s'); — safarov
– safarov, Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 11:06
^^^ what they said + plus I would suggest more friendly filenames such as date('Y-m-d-His') . '-order-sheet.pdf'; — scibuff
– scibuff, Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 11:07

mistalee · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-13 11:05:56Z

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You're using slashes and whitespaces in the filename, this isn't a good idea. Try to replace them with some other char, like so:

$date = date('Y_m_d-H-i-s');

answered Apr 13, 2012 at 11:05

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heyanshukla · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-13 11:06:15Z

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this will have special characters and space in the file name which is not allowed. That may be the cause. you should use timestamp instead of date & time.

answered Apr 13, 2012 at 11:06

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Iggy Van Der Wielen · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-13 11:08:49Z

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you cannot use a / in a filename

answered Apr 13, 2012 at 11:08

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