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laravel carbon first day of month

$startDate = Carbon::now(); //returns current day
$firstDay = $startDate->firstOfMonth();  

carbon get day name from date

Carbon::tomorrow()->format('l');

carbon get day name

use CarbonCarbon;

Carbon::now()->format("l") // today's day name. example: Sunday

laravel carbon created_at date in current month

public function myMonthApts()
{
        return $this->appointments()
                        ->whereIn('status_id', [3,4])
                        ->whereYear('created_at', Carbon::now()->year)
                        ->whereMonth('created_at', Carbon::now()->month)
                        ->count();
}

Get All dates of a month with laravel carbon

$period = CarbonPeriod::create($startDate, $endDate);
foreach($period as $date)
{
  $dates[] = $date->format('d-m-Y');
}