PHP - How to get value of previous month?

Question

I'm trying to get previous month of current month.
For example, current month is October , the value return should be September.

I've tried

$currmonth = date('m', strtotime('-1 month'));

But it return the same month - October. But when I replace to -2month, it will return August which is correct.

Maybe [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5489502/how-to-get-previous-month-and-year-relative-to-today-using-strtotime-and-date) is relevant here. — Anderson Green, Oct 31 '18 at 08:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 31 '18 at 08:37

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Try this:

$currmonth = date('F', mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m') - 1, 1, date('Y')));

Output :

September

answered Oct 31 '18 at 08:37

TrickStar

I dont think the wants the name of the month instead of the month. Do you see the `m` in his posting? – hausl Oct 31 '18 at 08:58
this method is not working, i think is caused by my PHP version is too low – hatched Oct 31 '18 at 09:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '18 at 08:38

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$dt = new DateTime('first day of last month');
echo $dt->format('m');
// 09

answered Oct 31 '18 at 08:38

hausl

this method is not working, i think is caused by my PHP version is too low – hatched Oct 31 '18 at 09:01

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