How to get date of yesterday in php

**Zool** · 07-11-2009

I am looking for program in php which display yesterday date. The date function in php is use to calculate the date but what are the syntax need to used in this function so it will display yesterday date. Any recommendations and suggestions are appreciated.

**Zecho** · 07-11-2009

Code:

<?php
// yesterday in 'd-m-Y' format
$ts['yesterday'] = strtotime( '-1 days' ); // or, strtotime( 'yesterday' );
echo "Yesterday: ", date( 'd-m-Y', $uts['yesterday'] ), "<br />\n";

// the day before yesterday in 'd-m-Y' format
$ts['day-before-yesterday'] = strtotime( '-2 days' );
echo "The day before yesterday: ", date( 'd-m-Y', $uts['day-before-yesterday'] ), "<br />\n";
?>

**Walby** · 07-11-2009

To get date of yesterday in php follow the code given below :

Code:

$yesterday = date('d/m/y', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m") , date("d") - 1, date("Y")));

OR

Code:

strtotime("-1 day")

**Aberto** · 07-11-2009

Code:

 $yesterday = strtotime("-1 day"), "\n";
$yesterday = " ".date("m, Y", $yesterday);

This will show the correct date of yesterday. mktime is a powerful function that can be used in php or you can also use strtotime.It will calculate by it self the overlapping of the months so this will always show the real yesterday.