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how to get month name from month-year (08-2022) string in php

how to get month name from month-year (08-2022) string in php

i want to get this Aug-2022 (format) from my value 08-2022

I had tried date('m-Y',strtotime(08-2022)) and date('08-2022')->format('m-Y')

but not working.

Solution

  • Just put a "01-" in front of your value to make it a valid date.

    $value = "08-2022";
echo date('M-Y',strtotime('01-'.$value));
//Aug-2022

    try self: https://3v4l.org/ZiB70

    or with DateTime:

    $value = "08-2022";
echo date_create_from_format('!m-Y',$value)->format('M-Y');

    Important NOTE:

    That ! in the format is important for this case and is unfortunately missing in many examples for date_create_from_format. If that ! missing then the current day is set as the day. If this happens on the 31st of a month and value is, for example, '06-2022' then a date '31-06-2022' is generated which is then reported as 01-07-2022. With the ! the day is set to 1 and the time to 00:00.