php date format month name code example
Example 1: php get day from date
$timestamp = strtotime('2009-10-22');
$day = date('D', $timestamp);
var_dump($day);
Example 2: get day from date php
// Prints the day
echo date("l") . "<br>";
Example 3: php get day of week
date('w'); //gets day of week as number(0=sunday,1=monday...,6=sat)
//note:returns 0 through 6 but as string so to check if monday do this:
if(date('w') == 1){
echo "its monday baby";
}
Example 4: php date
$dateTime = new \DateTime();
/**
* You can get the string by using format
*/
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');