Answers for "extract day of week from php date"

php get day of week

date('w'); //gets day of week as number(0=sunday,1=monday...,6=sat)

//note:returns 0 through 6 but as string so to check if monday do this:
if(date('w') == 1){
	echo "its monday baby";
}

php get date from day of year

// This should get you a DateTime object from the date and year.
function getDateFromDay($dayOfYear, $year) {
  $date = DateTime::createFromFormat('z Y', strval($dayOfYear) . ' ' . strval($year));
  return $date;
}

// This should get you the day of the year and the year in a string.
date('z Y', strtotime('21 oct 2012'));