How get name of month in PHP?

Question

I tried to get name of month in php:

$date = '2014-06-00';
echo $m = date('M', strtotime($date));

It gives me May month instead June.

I know. but question about how to get name of month froma date `'2014-06-00'` and I wrote my example. — PiligrimBilim, Dec 29 '14 at 13:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '14 at 13:48

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This should work for you:

<?php

    $date = '2014-06-00';

    $monthNum  = substr($date, 5, 2);
    $dateObj   = DateTime::createFromFormat('!m', $monthNum);

    echo  $monthName = $dateObj->format('F');

?>

Output:

June

answered Dec 29 '14 at 13:48

Rizier123

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Thanks a lot. I think simply to add + 1 for month – PiligrimBilim Dec 29 '14 at 14:03
One question, hoe get short name? Found: `M` – PiligrimBilim Dec 29 '14 at 14:08
@PiligrimBilim What do you mean with `short name` ? – Rizier123 Dec 29 '14 at 14:09

How get name of month in PHP?

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