month name predefined function?

[laredotornado]

Hello, I'm using PHP 4. Is there a predefined function for returning
the name of the month given the input of the month represented as a
number between 1 and 12?

Thanks, - Dave

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On 30 Apr 2005 08:43:06 -0700, la***********@zipmail.com wrote:

the name of the month given the input of the month represented as a
number between 1 and 12?

Not easily, and only in English. You could use

echo date( 'F', mktime( 12, 0, 0, $month, 1, 2000, 0 ) );

(Use midday to avoid problems with daylight saving time).
Easier and less error prone would be

$monthname = array( 1 => 'January', 'February', 'March', <etc> );
echo $monthname[$month];
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[johnjawed]

I would just do it as this:

<?PHP
$intMonth = 3; // March
printf("%s",date("M", mktime(0, 0, 0, $intMonth, 1, 2000));
?>