PHP: Week starts on Monday, but “monday this week” on a Sunday gets Monday next week

Question

Here\'s a summary of the issue: On Sundays, strtotime(\'this week\') returns the start of next week.

In PHP, the week seems to start on Monday. But, on

Answer 1

If you want the most recent monday:

function mostRecentMonday(){
  if(date("w") == 1){
   return strtotime("midnight today");
  } else {
   return strtotime("last monday");
  }
}

Easy to modify to use DateTime, or, to even specify a different date to use as the base.