long day in php code example

Example 1: php full day name

date("l",time()) // LOWER CASE L

Example 2: get day from date php

// Prints the day
echo date("l") . "<br>";

Example 3: long day in php

$mydate = '2016-01-01';
echo date('l, F jS, Y', strtotime($mydate));
# Friday, January 1st, 2016