Laravel Carbon Get Previous Month Example

Hi Dev,

This article goes in detailed on laravel carbon get previous month. We will use get previous month date in laravel carbon. In this article, we will implement a get previous month in laravel. i would like to share with you get previous month name in laravel carbon.

you can easily get previous month using carbon in laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9 and laravel 10 version.

let's see simple example bellow:

Example 1:

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class SignaturePadController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $date = Carbon::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', '11/02/2020')->subMonth();
  
        $newDate = $date->format('m/d/Y');
  
        dd($newDate);
    }
}

Output:

10/02/2020

Example 2:

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class SignaturePadController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $date = Carbon::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', '11/02/2020')->subMonthsNoOverflow();
  
        dd($date);
    }
}

Output:

Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-10-02 14:15:04.000000
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

i hope it can help you...