How to convert date to string date in php? : <p>I am trying to convert a date '2019-04-18' to something like this '18 Apr 2019' in php.</p>

<pre><code>$date=date_create("2019-04-18");
echo date_format($date,'jS F Y');
</code></pre>

<p>It is giving me output like this :</p>

<pre><code>18th April 2019
</code></pre>

<p>But i need  output to be '18 Apr 2019' ie: 3 letters of month</p>
