how to get date of yesterday using php?

Question

I want to get the yesterday date using specific date format in php this is the format:

$today = date(\"d.m.Y\"); //15.04.2013

Is it possible?

Answer 1

try this

        $tz    = new DateTimeZone('Your Time Zone');
        $date  = new DateTime($today,$tz);
        $interval = new DateInterval('P1D');
        $date->sub($interval); 

        echo $date->format('d.m.y');

        ?>