php get current month and year code example

Example 1: Javascript get current year

var currentYear= new Date().getFullYear();

Example 2: php get current year

$currentYear=date("Y");//2019

Example 3: php grab month from date

$month = date("m",strtotime($mydate));

Example 4: get current month php

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

Example 5: get day of month php

// get day of month php
// Method 1; some server not work, I had check php 7.3.24 not worked, php 7.3.8 worked
cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, $month, $year)
echo (cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, 2, 2020)); // => 29

// Method 2;
function days_in_month($month, $year) {
    // calculate number of days in a month
    return $month == 2 ? ($year % 4 ? 28 : ($year % 100 ? 29 : ($year % 400 ? 28 : 29))) : (($month - 1) % 7 % 2 ? 30 : 31);
}

// Method 3;
echo (date('t', strtotime('2020-02-1')));	// 29