is there anyway to convert date month numeric to string.
e.g. for 1 convert to January, 2 => February, etc
i tried below
<?php echo date('F', strtotime($member['dob_month'])); ?>
didnt work out
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1One can make an array... – Your Common Sense Dec 27 '10 at 20:47
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1What is `$member['dob_month']`? Is it an int 1..12? String? – moinudin Dec 27 '10 at 20:50
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possible duplicate of [In PHP given a month string such as "November" how can I return 11 without using a 12 part switch statement?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2701695/in-php-given-a-month-string-such-as-november-how-can-i-return-11-without-using) – Gordon Dec 27 '10 at 20:54
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$months = array(1 => 'January', 2 => 'February', ...);
echo $months[$member['dob_month']];
Given the value of $member['dob_month'] is an 1-based integer.
Dan Lugg
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You can try to use PHP's DateTime class.
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('n', $member['dob_month']);
echo $date->format('F');
Note: In createFromFormat, use 'm' if the month has leading zeros, 'n' if it doesn't.
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Your problem is that date() needs a timestamp for it´s second parameter and strtotime($member['dob_month']) does not result in a meaningfull timestamp if $member['dob_month'] is a number from 1 to 12.
You can use something like:
date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $member['dob_month'], 1, 2010));
