How to get Day Name from date in PHP?

Question

$dateValue='2015/07/15';
$dayName=date("D", strtotime($dateValue);

Hi, I want exact day name from the above given sample date, please help me.

possible duplicate of [Get day names between two date in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14619682/get-day-names-between-two-date-in-php) — Sougata Bose, Jul 30 '15 at 11:43

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '15 at 11:42

4

You need to use l as the first parameter.

echo date('l', strtotime($dateValue));

answered Jul 30 '15 at 11:42

Daan

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 23 '15 at 12:18

3

You can use the following code,

echo date('l', strtotime($dateValue));

for more details, refer following link:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_date_date.asp

edited Nov 23 '15 at 12:18

Niranjan N Raju

answered Jul 30 '15 at 11:57

Niranjan N Raju

2 Answers2