PHP - How to count 60 days from the add date

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$add_date = date ("Y-m-d H:m:s"); 
$expiry_date = 'how?';

How to insert into db the $expiry_date for 60 days. mysql format is datetime

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score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '09 at 18:19

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Use strtotime():

$start_date = date('Y-m-d H:m:s');
$end_date = date('Y-m-d H:m:s', strtotime("+60 days"));

or more simply:

$end_date = date('Y-m-d H:m:s', time() + 86400 * 60);

answered Nov 03 '09 at 18:19

cletus

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '09 at 18:21

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A method avoiding time conversions:

$time = date('Y-m-d H:m:s', time()+3600*24*60)

EDIT
However, it may be less readable and the time saved is probably irrelevant. Plus cletus just edited a similar method into his answer

answered Nov 03 '09 at 18:21

Yacoby

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 11 '17 at 07:11

If you are using PHP >= 5.2 I strongly suggest you use the new DateTime object. For example like below:

$add_date = date("Y-m-d H:m:s"); 
$expiry_date = new DateTime($add_date);
$expiry_date ->modify("+60 days");
echo $expiry_date ->format("Y-m-d H:m:s");

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PHP - How to count 60 days from the add date

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