Current month Minus 1 month

Question

How do i properly minus 1 month for the current month ?

$current_month1  = date('m'); 
$current_month  = $current_month1-1;
echo $current_month;

//current ouput
6
//desired output
06

Read the docs : http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php . — ka_lin, Jul 10 '17 at 14:28
Numeric values don't have leading zeros. If you want leading zeros, format the number upon output. — deceze, Jul 10 '17 at 14:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 14:28

3

check the following:

$now = new \DateTime("now");
$past = $now->modify("-1 month");

Also you can do it using DateInterval, the docs has example.

answered Jul 10 '17 at 14:28

katona.abel

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '17 at 14:28

2

You can use date in combination with strtotime for this.

echo date('m', strtotime('last month')); // 06

answered Jul 10 '17 at 14:28

Jerodev

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 14:28

1

The m operator in date will get you:

echo date('m', strtotime('now - 1 month'));

Gives 06.

answered Jul 10 '17 at 14:28

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