How can i get the current month and previous three months using PHP

Question

Will any one tell me how to get the current month and previous three months using PHP

For example:

echo date("y:M:d");

output will be: 09:Oct:20

But i need:

August

September

October

as the Output.

Thanks in advance...

Fero

Answer 1

for full textual representation of month you need to pass "F":

echo date("y:F:d");

for previous month you can use

echo date("y:F:d",strtotime("-1 Months"));