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Drew Bartlett
Drew Bartlett

Reputation: 1891

return day of week when timestamp passed into date function php

I am trying to return the day of the week based on the date that i pass into the date() function but it's not working. I have this: 

echo date('N');
echo date('N', '2011-05-11');

Today is thursday, so these both return 4 no matter what I pass into it for a date. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 818

Answers (2)

Arj
Arj

Reputation: 2046

I think you need to use "D" instead of "N". N returns the index of the day and D returns the name.

Upvotes: 1

MeLight
MeLight

Reputation: 5565

echo date('N', strtotime('2011-05-11'));

date expects a timestamp as a second parameter, thats why you need to convert your string to a valid timestamp.

Upvotes: 1

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