PHP "first date of this week" returns last month

Question

Performance

var_dump(new \DateTime('first day of this week')); 

Returns September 1

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Is this a mistake, and is there any workaround?

Answer 1

Please try the code below:

 var_dump(new \DateTime('monday this week')); 

Answer 2

Refer to this: Finding the first day of the week via php Also try this -

  <?php // var_dump(new \DateTime('first day of this week')); echo date("Ymd", strtotime('monday this week')), "<br/>\n"; echo date("Ymd", strtotime('sunday last week')), "<br/>\n"; ?>