Answers for "php get first day of this week"

get first day of current month php

<?php
    // First day of this month
    $d = new DateTime('first day of this month');
    echo $d->format('jS, F Y');
?>

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";
}