PHP Date Exercises : Last 6 months from the current month

Last update on May 30 2022 11:50:18 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

PHP date: Exercise-22 with Solution

Write a PHP script to get the last 6 months from the current month.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= 6; $i++) 
{
   $months[] = date("Y-m%", strtotime( date( 'Y-m-01' )." -$i months"));
}
var_dump($months);
?>

Sample Output:

array(6) {                                                  
  [0]=>                                                     
  string(8) "2017-01%"                                      
  [1]=>                                                     
  string(8) "2016-12%"                                      
  [2]=>                                                     
  string(8) "2016-11%"                                      
  [3]=>                                                     
  string(8) "2016-10%"                                      
  [4]=>                                                     
  string(8) "2016-09%"                                      
  [5]=>                                                     
  string(8) "2016-08%"                                      
}

Flowchart :

Flowchart: Last 6 months from the current month

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PHP: Tips of the Day

How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?

Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:

Example:

function sortByOrder($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
}

usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');

Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
});

And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
});

To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
    if ($retval == 0) {
        $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder'];
        if ($retval == 0) {
            $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder'];
        }
    }
    return $retval;
});

If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual

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