how to get only year from date in php code example

Example 1: php get year

<?php echo date("Y"); ?>

Example 2: get current year php

// current year
<?php echo date("Y"); ?>
// current month
<?php echo date("m"); ?>
// current day
<?php echo date("d"); ?>

Example 3: php grab year from date

$year = date("y",strtotime($mydate));