how can i get previous month name in php [duplicate]

Question

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next and previous month from a given month in php

I use this code :

$prev_month = strtolower(date('F',strtotime('February - 1 month')));

and always return December even i change the month into March.

Please help!

Answer 1

$currentMonth = date('F');
echo Date('F', strtotime($currentMonth . " last month"));

If you don't want it relative to the current month then set:

$currentMonth = 'February';
// outputs January

Answer 2

strtotime() understand 'last month'.

$last_month = date('F', strtotime('last month'));

You can also use the \DateTime class:

$date_time = new \DateTime('last month');
$last_month = $date_time->format('F');

It depends on what you need. If you only want the name of the previous month then the first example is fine. If you want to play with the dates (such as loop over the months in the year) then the \DateTime class makes that really easy.

Answer 3

use this code

$submonth = date("F", strtotime ( '-1 month' , strtotime ( 'February' ) )) ;
echo $submonth;