PHP numbers to months? Urgent help please!

[dumpty]

Hey

 

I'm creating a calendar type thing. The variable $month will be a value ranging from 1-12. I need somehow to translate 1, the first month, in january - 2 into february - 3 into march etc.

 

It auto increases so i cant just change the value to jan, feb. $month has to server two purposes and i dont know how to get it to turn "1" into "january".

 

Any ideas? Could somebody please give me some code for it or even a pointer? Its quite important!

 

Thanks

[Jessica]

make an array

$months = array(1=>'January', 2=>'February...);

[SirChick]

a case may be a wise option

[Jessica]

Making a switch statement is a lot more code than an array

[SirChick]

true.

[dumpty]

Hey

 

I need it to still remain its original value if that makes sense.

 

So i need $month to still be usable as an integer and as a month. Like "Month X is Y" were X=1 and Y=January.

 

Sorry if im not making myself clear :/

[Jessica]

So when you need to print "January" you use $months[$month];

When you want 1, you use $month;

[cgm225]

This is not urgent to me..  please read:: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,6264.0.html

[Barand]

you don't need an array

 

<?php
$month = 3;
$monthname = date('F', mktime(0,0,0,$month));
echo $monthname;   // March
?>

 

for convenince, make it a function

<?php

function mn($m)
{
    return date('F', mktime(0,0,0,$m)); 
}

$month = 3;

echo mn($month);   // March
?>