Get month name in PHP from date

Question

I have a date in my php function like following:

2016-05-17 16:41:51

Is there some way for me to get the month name from this date in PHP ?

I think you never tried, at your end : https://eval.in/579273 — Niklesh Raut, May 30 '16 at 09:15
The question 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1643320/get-month-name-from-date' is about JavaScript, this question is about PHP. — Arnold Daniels, Jun 08 '17 at 11:28

Murad Hasan · Answer 1 · 2016-05-30T09:15:58.583

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Using the F in the date parameter you can get the month name.

echo date("F", strtotime('2016-05-17 16:41:51')); //May

edited May 30 '16 at 09:15

answered May 30 '16 at 09:14

Murad Hasan

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duplicate.. so many answers available with same question in SO. First check for duplicate and flag it. – RJParikh May 30 '16 at 09:15
@Frayne Konok thank you so much for the quick reply !! :) :) Works like a charm :) – perkes456 May 30 '16 at 09:16
@RuchishParikh Yes, There are so many questions about the date time. – Murad Hasan May 30 '16 at 09:16
Not sure if using spaghetti strtotime in 2016 is the best practice – Peon May 30 '16 at 09:17
@perkes456, before making a question you need to search for the answer ion stack. If you don't find anything than post it. – Murad Hasan May 30 '16 at 09:17
@DainisAbols, don't get you, can you please explain a little. – Murad Hasan May 30 '16 at 09:19
@FrayneKonok It's probably also just my opinion, but here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8605563/datetime-class-vs-native-php-date-functions – Peon May 30 '16 at 09:21

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