format date in php

[brainonastick]

Hi there,

I have a date variable called $issue_date which echoes as standard date DD/MM/YYYY.

I want the date to echo as the month and the year only and the month must displayed be in words (eg January not 01). Can anyone help?

All advice gratefully received.

Cheers,

Steven

[Baloo]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

date("F Y", strtotime($issue_date));