Question

How to get the month name from a date in PHP

Answer 1

$date = new DateTime('2025-01-07');

$monthName = $date->format('F'); // 'F' gives the full month name

echo $monthName; 



/*
run:

January

*/

 

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Answer 2

$dateString = '2025-01-07';

$timestamp = strtotime($dateString);
$monthName = date('F', $timestamp); // 'F' gives the full month name

echo $monthName; 



/*
run:

January

*/

 

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Answer 3

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2025-01-07');

$monthName = $date->format('F'); // 'F' gives the full month name

echo $monthName; 



/*
run:

January

*/

 

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