PHP Function jddayofweek ()

Syntax

jddayofweek ( $julianday [, $mode] );

This function returns the day of the week. Can return a string or an integer depending on the mode.

Parameter	Description
julianday	Required. A julian day number as integer
mode	Optional. Defines what to return (integer or string). Mode values: 0 - Default. Returns the day number as an int (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, etc) 1 - Returns a string that contains the day of week (English-Gregorian) 2 - Returns a string that contains the abbreviated day of week (English-Gregorian)

The gregorian weekday as either an integer or string.

Try out following example:

<?php
$jd=cal_to_jd(CAL_GREGORIAN,date("m"),date("d"),date("Y"));
echo(jddayofweek($jd,1));
?>

This will produce following result:

Thursday