Answers for "how to select start of this month in carbon laravel"

get start of month end of month carbon

$now = Carbon::now();
$startOfMonth = $now->startOfMonth('Y-m-d');
$endOfMonth = $now->endOfMonth()->format('Y-m-d');

laravel carbon get month number

use Carbon\Carbon;
// Date = 7th of July 2021
$month = Carbon::now()->format('M'); // July
$month = Carbon::now()->format('m'); // 07
$month = Carbon::now()->month; // 7