how to get current year

[eluser]Mirge[/eluser]
[quote author="mehwish" date="1310762338"]I cannot use this function becuase it may take year from client's (user's) pc which cannot be guaranteed to be right. thanks for the help but if there is any other method to get current year please do tell me[/quote]

PHP is server-side, not client-side (ie: javascript).

The code above that I gave you will pull the current year from the server, not client.

BTW, CodeIgniter is written with PHP in case you were unaware.