Avoiding if statements when displaying content based on weekdays (PHP)

Question

Is there a reason or a way to avoid if statements in a situation like this where I need to display content based on which day of the week it is?

$d=date("w");
if ($d=="0") echo "Sunday";
if ($d=="1") echo "Monday";
if ($d=="2") echo "Tueday";
if ($d=="3") echo "Wednesday";
if ($d=="4") echo "Thursday";
if ($d=="5") echo "Friday";
if ($d=="6") echo "Saturday";

Answer 1

$dates = array("Sunday",
               "Monday",
               "Tuesday",
               "Wednesday",
               "Thursday",
               "Friday",
               "Saturday"
              );

echo $dates[date("w")];

That should word nicely.

EDIT: Come to think of it, just using echo date("l") should work just fine for your purposes.