php get month from date string code example

Example 1: php grab month from date

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

Example 2: get current month php

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

Example 3: datetime get month php

$dateTime = new DateTime();
$month = $dateTime->format('m');