Answers for "php date subtract months from current date"

php get start and end date of month and year

<?php

$query_date = '2010-02-04';

// First day of the month.
echo date('Y-m-01', strtotime($query_date));

// Last day of the month.
echo date('Y-m-t', strtotime($query_date));

loop through months and year php

$start = $month = strtotime('2009-02-01');
$end = strtotime('2011-01-01');
while($month < $end)
{
     echo date('F Y', $month), PHP_EOL;
     $month = strtotime("+1 month", $month);
}