How is convert month number to month short name?

Question

For example my month number is (3 = Mar) Or (2 = Feb), i tryed as following code, but it doesn't work. How fix it?

$month = 2; 
echo date('M', strtotime($month));

Demo: http://codepad.viper-7.com/ZKctjg

this has already been asked :) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2943292/convert-month-number-to-month-short-name and here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4612012/php-convert-month-number-to-short-month-name — user690936, Jan 01 '12 at 07:26
this has already been asked http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2943292/convert-month-number-to-month-short-name — user690936, Jan 01 '12 at 07:26
this has already been asked http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2943292/convert-month-number-to-month-short-name http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4612012/php-convert-month-number-to-short-month-name — user690936, Jan 01 '12 at 07:27
@user690936: please don't stop! we didn't get it at the first time! — zerkms, Jan 01 '12 at 09:41

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '12 at 06:05

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Based on your code:

$month = 2; 
echo date('M', strtotime('2012-' . $month . '-01'));

strtotime() accepts date not just month

answered Jan 01 '12 at 06:05

zerkms

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