PHP jddayofweek() function

In this article, you will learn how to get the day of the week. The jddayofweek() function does the job in PHP.

What is the syntax of the jddayofweek() function in PHP?

jddayofweek(jd,mode);

Parameter	Description
jd	The Julian day number – Required
mode	Used to select the output of the day of the week. 0 – Default – Return as numeric digit like 0 (equal to Sunday), 1 (equals to Monday)… 1 – Return the weekday as String (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday…) 2 – Return the short form of the weekday (Sun, Mon, Tue…)

PHP jddayofweek() method

Example 1. The following example returns the day of the week of 4th January 1998 (my birthday :-)).

<?php
$j_d=gregoriantojd(1,04,1998);
echo jddayofweek($j_d,1);
?>