PHP Date Exercises : Convert the number to month name

PHP date: Exercise-26 with Solution

Write a PHP script to convert the number to month name.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Define the month number
$month_num  = 9;

// Create a DateTime object from the month number
$dateObj   = DateTime::createFromFormat('!m', $month_num);

// Format the DateTime object to retrieve the full month name
$month_name = $dateObj->format('F');

// Output the full month name
echo $month_name."\n";
?>

Output:

September

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• $month_num = 9;: Assigns the month number (in this case, September, represented by 9) to the variable '$month_num'.
• $dateObj = DateTime::createFromFormat('!m', $month_num);: Creates a "DateTime" object using the DateTime::createFromFormat() method. The '!m' format string specifies that the input is a month number. It converts the month number into a "DateTime" object.
• $month_name = $dateObj->format('F');: Formats the "DateTime" object to retrieve the full month name using the "format()" method with the format specifier 'F', which represents the full textual representation of a month.
• echo $month_name."\n";: Outputs the full month name followed by a newline character.

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