Displaying startdate and endate of a month using php | Learning Curve- Perfect Tutorial for the beginers

  $start_date = date('Y-m-01');
  $end_date = date('Y-m-t');

  $date_range['start'] = $start_date;
  $date_range['end'] = $end_date;
  $end_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 day', strtotime($date_range['start'])));
  $start_date = date('Y-m-01',  strtotime($end_date));
  echo "<pre>";
  print_r($date_range);	
  
  // output
  //Array
  //(
  //[start] => 2014-12-01
  //[end] => 2014-12-31
  //)

$start_date = date('Y-m-01');

$end_date = date('Y-m-t');

$date_range['start'] = $start_date;

$date_range['end'] = $end_date;

$end_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 day', strtotime($date_range['start'])));

$start_date = date('Y-m-01', strtotime($end_date));

echo "<pre>";

print_r($date_range);

// output

//Array

//(

//[start] => 2014-12-01

//[end] => 2014-12-31

//)