Answers for "how to get month name from date in php"

get current month php

current month
  //half name in words
  date('M');
//full name in words
date('F');
//number
date('m');

get current month php

date('m');

get month from database php

echo 'Day' . date('d', strtotime($row['Date']));
echo 'Month' . date('m', strtotime($row['Date']));
echo 'Year' . date('Y', strtotime($row['Date']));

full month name php

echo date("F", strtotime('2016-05-17 16:41:51'));