How to usegetdate() Function in PHP

The getdate() function returns an associative array containing information about a given timestamp. You can use it to extract the day, month, and year components.

PHP




<?php
  
// Get the current date
$date = getdate();
  
// Extract day, month, and year
$day = $date['mday'];
$month = $date['mon'];
$year = $date['year'];
  
// Display the results
echo "Day: $day, Month: $month, Year: $year";
  
?>


Output

Day: 1, Month: 1, Year: 2024


How to Extract Day, Month and Year in PHP ?

Given a Date, the task is to extract day, month, and year from the date using PHP. There are various methods to extract day, month, and year, these are:

Table of Content

  • Using date() Function
  • Using DateTime Class
  • Using getdate() Function

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