How to get week days in php?

Question

I want to get Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... using php function.

I have only numeric values for those like 1,2,3..7 where

1 = Monday 2 = Tuesday ... 7 = Sunday.<

Answer 1

switch ($day) {
    case 0 : echo "Monday"; break;//if $day = 0  it will print Monday
    case 1 : echo "Tuesday"; break;
    case 2 : echo "Wednesday"; break;
}