PHP Abbreviated month name

Question

I am trying to use dates with abbreviated months in php. I've already tried d ([.\t-])* m Y found on their documentation but what I am getting is this 20 ([. -])* 01 2016

How can I use abbreviated months like 10 Jan 2016 in PHP?

Answer 1

Today's answer was brought to you by the letter M (capital) and a link to the docs http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php