how to get date of yesterday using php?

Question

I want to get the yesterday date using specific date format in php this is the format:

$today = date("d.m.Y"); //15.04.2013 

Is it possible?

Take consideration of month and years if they should be changed in respective.

Answer 1

there you go

date('d.m.Y',strtotime("-1 days")); 

this will work also if month change

Answer 2

try this

        $tz    = new DateTimeZone('Your Time Zone');         $date  = new DateTime($today,$tz);         $interval = new DateInterval('P1D');         $date->sub($interval);           echo $date->format('d.m.y');          ?>