Hi all
Will any one tell me how to get the current month and previous three months using PHP
For example:
echo date("y:M:d");
output will be: 09:Oct:20
But i need:
August
September
October
as the Output.
Thanks in advance...
Fero
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6
A:
You'll need to use date("F"); to get the full text representation of the date.
somacore
2009-10-20 12:35:39
+5
A:
for full textual representation of month you need to pass "F":
echo date("y:F:d");
for previous month you can use
echo date("y:F:d",strtotime("-1 Months"));
Deniss Kozlovs
2009-10-20 12:36:17
thanks tyler.. i need this one...
Fero
2009-10-20 12:46:47
+5
A:
this month
date("y:M:d", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m'), date('d'), date('Y')));
previous months
date("y:M:d", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m') - 1, date('d'), date('Y')));
date("y:M:d", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m') - 2, date('d'), date('Y')));
martin.malek
2009-10-20 12:36:46
yours this answer produces PARSE ERRORParse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in E:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\test_Fero\test.php on line 3
Fero
2009-10-20 12:40:06
If you count the opening-brackets `(` you'll find there are five in each line, but only four closing-brackets. If you balance the two, five of each, the code should work.
David Thomas
2009-10-20 12:43:25
A:
Try using the built in strtotime function in PHP and using 'F' for full textual output:
echo date('y:F:d'); // first month
echo date('y:F:d', strtotime('-1 month')); // previous month
echo date('y:F:d', strtotime('-2 month')); // second previous month
echo date('y:F:d', strtotime('-3 month')); // third previous month
Nathan Kleyn
2009-10-20 12:37:51
A:
echo date('F', strtotime('-2 month')), '<br>',
date('F', strtotime('last month')), '<br>',
date('F');
vava
2009-10-20 12:41:16
Remembering that "last" is simply a synonym for "-1", you should not double up on strtotime()'s when not necessary; this is just wasting cycles.
Nathan Kleyn
2009-10-20 12:43:36
@Nathan Kleyn, I didn't about "-1 month" syntax, "last month" was just a guess that worked.
vava
2009-10-20 12:45:15
A:
If you want to be OOP about it, try this:
$dp=new DatePeriod(date_create(),DateInterval::createFromDateString('last month'),2);
foreach($dp as $dt) echo $dt->format("y:M:d"),"\n"; //or "y F d"
outputs:
- 09:Oct:20
- 09:Sep:20
- 09:Aug:20
dnagirl
2009-10-20 12:48:42