I want to display current date in my language with PHP

Question

I am using this PHP Function, which is working great:

<?php echo date('l, d F Y'); ?>

Today, it outputs Tuesday, 19 November 2013, but I want it to be in my language. Is there a way I can set variables for each day of the week, and each month of the year, in my language?

Thanks.

Answer 1

From the docs:

To format dates in other languages, you should use the setlocale() and strftime() functions instead of date().

Answer 2

$lang = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'], 0, 2);