getdate this and next month

How to easily display this and next month with getdate or similar

[broniusm]

Happy new year!

Using getdate(), I can easily retrieve "January" for this month. What's an easy way to get next month as well?

[twist]

This will give you the current and next month. Hope it helps.

$month = getdate();
$month = $month['mon'];
$next = $month + 1;
$month = date( "F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, 0 ) );
$next = date( "F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $next, 1, 0 ) );
echo 'Current month is '. $month .' and next month is '. $next .'<br>';

[dcrombie]

$month = date ("F");
$next = date ("F", strtotime ("+1 month"));

I first tried "next month" but that was skipping a month... not sure why?!?

;)

[coopster]

>>I first tried "next month" but that was skipping a month... not sure why?!?

From the GNU Date input formats:

A few numbers may be written out in words in most contexts. This is most useful for specifying day of the week items or relative items (see below). Here is the list:

'first'

for 1,

'next'

for 2,

'third'

for 3,

'fourth'

for 4,

'fifth'

for 5,

'sixth'

for 6,

'seventh'

for 7,

'eighth'

for 8,

'ninth'

for 9,

'tenth'

for 10,

'eleventh'

for 11 and

'twelfth'

for 12. Also,

'last'

means exactly -1.

I don't claim to be an expert on the GNU Date input formats [gnu.org], but I believe the way

first, next, third,

etc. operates might be translated as follows:

The

first month

after this month. (Adds 1)
The

next month

after the first month after the current month. (Adds 2)
The

third month

after that. (Adds 3)
...
The last month. (Subtracts 1)

Testing I have performed proved the calculations true, I'm just not sure my translation is what the programmers would agree on. But, heh, it works for me ;)

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So, the reason you are "skipping" a month when using

next month

is that the function is adding 2 to the current month. Your code would work fine if you stated you wanted to show the

first month

after the current month, dcrombie:

$month = date("F"); 
$next = date("F", strtotime("first month")); 

[broniusm]

Thanks all, and I especially appreciate the incidental ensuing conversation. I ended up using a hybdrid of the suggestions, as is usually the case, and it works like a dream.

[g1smd]

In six weeks time, there is a leap day on 2004-02-29.

Is your code robust enough for that?