PHP Date Exercises : Number of the month before the current month

PHP date: Exercise-20 with Solution

Write a PHP script to get the number of the month before the current month.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Echoes the month of the date obtained by subtracting 1 month from the current date
echo date('m', strtotime('-1 month'))."\n";
?>

Output:

06

N.B.: The result may varry for your system date and time.

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

echo date('m', strtotime('-1 month'))."\n";: Outputs the month of the date obtained by subtracting 1 month from the current date.

• date('m', ...) formats the date to display only the month in two digits.
• strtotime('-1 month') calculates the timestamp representing the date and time one month ago from the current date.
• The result is echoed with a newline character ("\n") appended for formatting.

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