How to set a cookie for the beginning of the next day, according to server time?

Question

I want to set PHP COOKIE which should be stored for only one day. Setting a cookie for one day is easier.

If the user visits the site at 6PM, then the cookie should be set for another six hours only.

$tomorrow = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$date+1,$year);

where month, date and year are from the PHP date function. Will the above code work as i expected?

Or is there any better way to do this?

This would probably work (haven't tested), but keep in mind that this will use the server timezone, not the user's time. — Maxim Kumpan, Sep 11 '13 at 11:23
@ÁlvaroG.Vicario OP is asking for beginning of next day, not the next 24 hours. — Boaz, Sep 11 '13 at 12:19
@Boaz - You're right, I've misread that detail. It's a dupe of [How do I find the unix timestamp for the start of the next day in php?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2520404/how-do-i-find-the-unix-timestamp-for-the-start-of-the-next-day-in-php). — Álvaro González, Sep 11 '13 at 12:36

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '13 at 11:22

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Try using the strtotime() function with the tomorrow keyword:

$tomorrow = strtotime('tomorrow');

answered Sep 11 '13 at 11:22

Boaz

how to get current timestamp **now** using php strtotime? so i can test it. – Prabha Vathi Sep 11 '13 at 11:37
@PrabhaVathi `strtotime('now')` and `time()` are equivalent. – Boaz Sep 11 '13 at 11:37

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