How do I get the name of a day from a date in PHP?

Question

$dateValue='2015/07/15';
$dayName=date("D", strtotime($dateValue);

Hi, I want the exact name of the day from the above sample date, please help me.

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siva 30 jul. 15 at 11:40

2 answers

Daan · Answer 1 · 2015-07-30T11:42:08+0000

You need to use it l

as the first parameter.

echo date('l', strtotime($dateValue));

Niranjan N Raju · Answer 2 · 2015-07-30T11:57:26+0000

You can use the following code,

echo date('l', strtotime($dateValue));

for more information see the following link:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_date_date.asp