PHP subtract 1 month from date formatted with date ('m-Y')

Question

I\'m trying to subtract 1 month from a date.

$today = date(\'m-Y\');

This gives: 08-2016

How can I subtract a month to get 07

Answer 1

if(date("d") > 28){
    $date = date("Y-m", strtotime("-".$loop." months -2 Day"));
} else {
    $date = date("Y-m", strtotime("-".$loop." months"));
}