How to Get Full Day Name from Date using PHP

In this tutorial, we will learn How to Get a Full Day Name from Date using PHP. I will give you the PHP date function to get a full-day name. You learned how to get a full-day name in PHP using the date function.

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I will give you an example of how to get day name from date using PHP. so don’t waste time to see the below example:

Consent

• Get Day Name from Date
• Get Day Name from Current Date
• Get Day Name from Number

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Get Day Name from Date

<?php
#index.php

    $date = "2021-11-20";
    $new_date = date('l', strtotime($date));
    echo $new_date;
?>

Output: Saturday

Get Day Name from Current Date

<?php
#index.php
    $new_date = date('l');
    echo $new_date;
?>

Output: Saturday

Get Day Name from Number

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<?php
#index.php
    $day = "3";
    $new_date = date('l', strtotime("Tuesday +{$day} days"));
    echo $new_date;
?>

Output: Friday