Translate month with PHP

[Jim123]

I am trying to translate the current month into another language with php. It is part of WordPress, month of posting the post.

I have tried this, but it doesn't work

<?php $mnth = the_time('M');
if ($mnth = 'Mar') $imnth = 'Mrt';
if ($mnth = 'May') $imnth = 'Mei'; 
if ($mnth = 'Oct') $imnth = 'Okt';
?>  
<p class="date">
<span class="month"><?php $imnth; ?></span>

I have no clue how to solve it because I don't know much about PHP. It shouldn't be too difficult though.

Can someone help me with this?
Thanks

[Readie]

the_time

I'm not even sure this is a PHP function.

Anyways, try this:

<?php

$mnth = date('M');
switch(strtolower($mnth)) {
  case 'mar':
    $mnth = 'Mrt';
  break;
  case 'may':
    $mnth = 'Mei';
  break;
  case 'oct':
    $mnth = 'Okt';
  break;
}

?><p class="date">
<span class="month"><?php echo $mnth; ?></span>
</p>