php date format day name code example

Example 1: name of today php

$datetime = DateTime::createFromFormat('YmdHi', '201308131830');
echo $datetime->format('D');

// or 

$date = new \DateTime();
echo $date->format("D");

Example 2: long day in php

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