Finding the Name of a Month Based on Number

[ShoeLace1291]

I am trying to convert a number of the month to the name of the month... For example:  12 would convert to December.  What's the best way to do this?

[xyph]

Using an array, and keys.

 

<?php

$month_names = array("","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");

echo $month_names[$month_number];

?>

[Pikachu2000]

I am trying to convert a number of the month to the name of the month... For example:  12 would convert to December.  What's the best way to do this?

 

Context would be helpful since there's probably more than one "best way".

[rythemton]

Context would be helpful since there's probably more than one "best way".

I agree, there is always more than one way to do things. If you don't feel like writing out the names, you could use:

echo date( 'F', mktime( 0, 0, 0, $month_number ) );

Probably not as efficient, but less typing.

[ManiacDan]

strftime() also respects the current locale, so if you use that you can get the french/german/spanish month names easily.