get current month start and end php code example

Example 1: get current month php

current month
  //half name in words
  date('M');
//full name in words
date('F');
//number
date('m');

Example 2: get first day of current month php

<?php
    // First day of this month
    $d = new DateTime('first day of this month');
    echo $d->format('jS, F Y');
?>