You can obtain the decimal fraction of the Julian date with the php gregoriantojd() function or the function shown below by applying this code to the returned value.
<?php
  $julianDate = gregoriantojd($month, $day, $year);
  //correct for half-day offset
  $dayfrac = date('G') / 24 - .5;
  if ($dayfrac < 0) $dayfrac += 1;
  //now set the fraction of a day
  $frac = $dayfrac + (date('i') + date('s') / 60) / 60 / 24;
  $julianDate = $julianDate + $frac;
?>