PHP Date Exercises : Change month number to month name

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12. Convert Month Number to Month Name

Write a PHP script to change month number to month name.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
$month_num = 7; // Assigning the month number 7 to the variable $month_num.
$month_name = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month_num, 10)); // Generating the month name using the mktime function.
echo $month_name."\n"; // Outputting the month name.
?>

Output:

July

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

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

$month_num = 7: Assign the month number 7 (July) to the variable '$month_num'.
$month_name = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month_num, 10));: Use the "mktime()" function to generate a Unix timestamp for the specified month (July) and day (10). The "date()" function with the format specifier "F" converts this timestamp into the full month name.
echo $month_name."\n";: Outputing the month's name followed by a newline character.

Flowchart :

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

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Write a PHP function to convert a given month number to its abbreviated name and verify against a predefined list.

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