<?php

global $dbh,$thetime;

// connect to MySQL db
$hostname='localhost';
$username='enter the db username here';
$password='enter the db password here';
$database_name='enter the db name here';

// now connect to MySQL
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$database_name", $username, $password, array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS => true));

// get the time
$gmt_offset = 2; // customise the GMT time offset here
$thetime = gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() + ($gmt_offset*60*60));

?>