[php] PHP Date Format to Month Name and Year

I have this date data :

20130814

How to get string output like this : (in PHP)

"August 2013"

You could use:

echo date('F Y', strtotime('20130814'));

which should do the trick.

Edit: You have a date which is in a string format. To be able to format it nicelt, you first need to change it into a date itself - which is where strtotime comes in. It is a fantastic feature that converts almost any plausible expression of a date into a date itself. Then we can actually use the date() function to format the output into what you want.

I think your date data should look like 2013-08-14.

<?php
 $yrdata= strtotime('2013-08-14');
    echo date('M-Y', $yrdata);
 ?>
// Output is Aug-2013

if you want same string output then try below else use without double quotes for proper output

$str = '20130814';
  echo date('"F Y"', strtotime($str));

//output  : "August 2013"