How can i get the current month and previous three months using PHP

Will any one tell me how to get the current month and previous three months using PHP

For example:

echo date("y:M:d");

output will be: 09:Oct:20

But i need:

August

September

October

as the Output.

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Fero

for full textual representation of month you need to pass "F":

echo date("y:F:d");

for previous month you can use

echo date("y:F:d",strtotime("-1 Months"));

Watch out for the FUAH! The other answers will fail when performed on the 31st of the month. Use this instead:

/*
Handles month/year increment calculations in a safe way,
avoiding the pitfall of 'fuzzy' month units.

Returns a DateTime object with incremented month values, and a date value == 1.
*/
function incrementDate($startDate, $monthIncrement = 0) {

    $startingTimeStamp = $startDate->getTimestamp();
    // Get the month value of the given date:
    $monthString = date('Y-m', $startingTimeStamp);
    // Create a date string corresponding to the 1st of the give month,
    // making it safe for monthly calculations:
    $safeDateString = "first day of $monthString";
    // Increment date by given month increments:
    $incrementedDateString = "$safeDateString $monthIncrement month";
    $newTimeStamp = strtotime($incrementedDateString);
    $newDate = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', $newTimeStamp);
    return $newDate;
}

$currentDate = new DateTime();
$oneMonthAgo = incrementDate($currentDate, -1);
$twoMonthsAgo = incrementDate($currentDate, -2);
$threeMonthsAgo = incrementDate($currentDate, -3);

echo "THIS: ".$currentDate->format('F Y') . "<br>";
echo "1 AGO: ".$oneMonthAgo->format('F Y') . "<br>";
echo "2 AGO: ".$twoMonthsAgo->format('F Y') . "<br>";
echo "3 AGO: ".$threeMonthsAgo->format('F Y') . "<br>";

For more, see my answer here

this month

date("y:M:d", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m'), date('d'), date('Y')));

previous months

date("y:M:d", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m') - 1, date('d'), date('Y')));
date("y:M:d", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m') - 2, date('d'), date('Y')));

Try using the built in strtotime function in PHP and using 'F' for full textual output:

echo date('y:F:d'); // first month
echo date('y:F:d', strtotime('-1 month')); // previous month
echo date('y:F:d', strtotime('-2 month')); // second previous month
echo date('y:F:d', strtotime('-3 month')); // third previous month

If you want to be OOP about it, try this:

$dp=new DatePeriod(date_create(),DateInterval::createFromDateString('last month'),2);
foreach($dp as $dt) echo $dt->format("y:M:d"),"\n"; //or "y F d"

outputs:

• 09:Oct:20
• 09:Sep:20
• 09:Aug:20

You'll need to use date("F"); to get the full text representation of the date.

DECLARE @STARTDATE INT

SET @STARTDATE = -12

WHILE @STARTDATE < 0

BEGIN

PRINT DATENAME(MONTH,DATEADD(MM,@STARTDATE,GETDATE()))+' '+ DATENAME(YEAR, DATEADD(MM,@STARTDATE ,GETDATE()))

SET @STARTDATE =@STARTDATE+1

END

echo date('F', strtotime('-2 month')), '<br>',
     date('F', strtotime('last month')), '<br>',
     date('F');

DECLARE @STARTDATE VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @ENDDATE VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @A INT
SET @A=-12
SET @STARTDATE= DATENAME(MONTH,GETDATE())+ DATENAME(YEAR, DATEADD(MONTH,0,GETDATE()))
WHILE @A < 0
BEGIN 
SET @STARTDATE = DATENAME(MONTH,DATEADD(MONTH,@A,GETDATE()))+' '+ DATENAME(YEAR, DATEADD(MONTH,@A,GETDATE()))
SET @A=@A+1
PRINT @STARTDATE
END