- date: documentation ( source)
<?php
$currentmonth = date('m');//good one
$montharray=array('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov', 'Dec');
$month = 0;
for ($int=0; $int<$currentmonth-1; $int++)
{
$mth=$montharray[$int];
echo $mth;
}