I have this PHP code:
$monthNum = sprintf("%02s", $result["month"]);
$monthName = date("F", strtotime($monthNum));
echo $monthName;
But it's returning December rather than August.
$result["month"] is equal to 8, so the sprintf function is adding a 0 to make it 08.
you need to escape the a and t as both have special meaning when used as formatting options in date()
echo date('M j at h:i a');
See it in action
you need to use base_convert:
$number = $_REQUEST["number"]; # '10'
base_convert($number, 10, 36); # 'a'
You don't need to change the php.ini file if you use date_default_timezone_set(). Just set it to the timezone you will be working in.
Something like this should go in a config file or on the page where you're working with dates (if it is only one page):
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
$currentMonth = date('F');
echo Date('F', strtotime($currentMonth . " last month"));
If you don't want it relative to the current month then set:
$currentMonth = 'February';
// outputs January
The recommended way to do this:
Nowadays, you should really be using DateTime objects for any date/time math. This requires you to have a PHP version >= 5.2. As shown in Glavi?'s answer, you can use the following:
The
!formatting character is used to reset everything to the Unix epoch. Themformat character is the numeric representation of a month, with leading zeroes.Alternative solution:
If you're using an older PHP version and can't upgrade at the moment, you could this solution. The second parameter of
date()function accepts a timestamp, and you could usemktime()to create one, like so:If you want the 3-letter month name like
Mar, changeFtoM. The list of all available formatting options can be found in the PHP manual documentation.