title: PHP replacement for MySQL Now()
body: <p>I do a lots of queries like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT THIS
  FROM THAT
  WHERE ROW_TIME &lt; NOW()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to create variable in PHP that will contain current time so i can make this work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT THIS
  FROM THAT
  WHERE ROW_TIME &lt; '$variable'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>?</p>