PHP get weekday of setDate()

Question

I'm trying to create a calendar in php. I need to get the weekday (sunday, monday, etc) of the first day of the month. My code so far is:

<?php
$current_month = date("n");
$current_year = date("Y");
$first_day_of_month = new DateTime();
$first_day_of_month -> setDate($current_year,$current_month,1);
?>

I'm stuck on how to get the weekday of the set date (the first of the month). Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can use the format function of this class and give the format you desire.

Here is the list of date format that should work:

date format

example:

$first_day_of_month->format('D');

Note: Take a look at the class definition for more question:

DateTime

Answer 2

Try,

 echo date("l", mktime(0,0,0,date("n"),1,date("Y")));

In your case,

echo date("l", mktime(0,0,0,$current_month,1,$current_year));

Answer 3

this is a extended code for you

<?php
$current_month = date("n");
$current_year = date("Y");
$first_day_of_month = new DateTime();
$first_day_of_month -> setDate($current_year,$current_month,1);

$timestamp = strtotime($first_day_of_month);

$day = date('D', $timestamp);
var_dump($day);

?>

this will give you that day .

Answer 4

$timestamp = strtotime($current_year-$current_month-1); $day = date('D', $timestamp);

echo $day;

I hope above mentioned code will work for you.

Pawan