How to find the Previous MonthName using Monthname in mysql

Question

I am trying to find Stock of Previous Monthname.Here is my code.

PHP:

$month='April'

MYSQL Table:

            Stock
Bot_Name    March      April
XYZ         25000      15000

SQL Query: SELECT MONTHNAME($month,INTERVAL -1 MONTH) FROM STOCK.

Expected Output:

March
25000

Above Query is not working, I had no idea where I am going wrong.Please help me out.Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Why not trying something with php ?

$lastMonthName = date("F", strtotime("last month"));
$sql = "SELECT $lastMonthName FROM STOCK"