Answers for "get first and last date of current month php"

get last month php

$currentMonth = date('M');// if number, then date('m');
//Last month
$lastMonth = Date("F", strtotime("first day of previous month");
$nextMonth = Date("F", strtotime("first day of next month");

php get current month first date

//get first day of the current month 
$start = date("Y-m-1 00:00:00");
//get current date of the month
$end = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

//query data for the current month so far
$query = $this->db_model->run_query("select column_1, column_2 from table where date_column BETWEEN '".$start."' AND '".$end."'");