Add days to a date (PHP)

Question

I am saving dates like so: 2013-11-06 using date function

date("Y-m-d")

Would like to add three days to the date. Would I need to use strtotime() for this?

You need to use [google](https://www.google.com/search?q=php+add+days+to+date). — sectus, Nov 07 '13 at 04:33
Almost every question posted by this person could qualify for being off topic with the reason of "must demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved." — gloomy.penguin, Nov 07 '13 at 04:38

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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$datetime = new DateTime('2013-01-22');
$datetime->modify('+1 day');
echo $datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

you may find here more Date time

Update

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

Community

answered Nov 07 '13 at 04:36

Manwal

+1 for using the new OO interface. Works for PHP 5.3 upwards AFAIK. – Johannes H. Nov 07 '13 at 04:37
@JohannesH. definitely not **new** – Phil Nov 07 '13 at 04:39
@Phil: Well, newer than date() - and way cleaner. Modern code shouldn't use old interfaces when newer ones are available. That's what I meant. – Johannes H. Nov 07 '13 at 04:41
this is what I was looking for. thanks – Kyle Hagler Nov 07 '13 at 04:48

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '13 at 04:34

3

Here you go

echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime("+3 days"));

answered Nov 07 '13 at 04:34

Mojtaba

Right, this will only work for the current date though. I need to increase older dates saved in variables. – Kyle Hagler Nov 07 '13 at 04:46

Robbie Wxyz · Answer 3 · 2013-11-07T04:43:13.207

1

Here, really easy:

$date=date("Y-m-d");
$date_plus_3_days=date("Y-m-d", strtotime("+3 days"));

strtotime can do lots of other related things: PHP.net documentation.

edited Nov 07 '13 at 04:43

answered Nov 07 '13 at 04:35

Robbie Wxyz

You have not specified a correct *format* parameter for `date()`. This **will not work** – Phil Nov 07 '13 at 04:42
@Phil: Oops, thanks, fixed it. My fail. – Robbie Wxyz Nov 07 '13 at 04:44

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 07 '13 at 04:56

1

You can also use this.

$date = new DateTime(date("Y-m-d"));
$date->add(new DateInterval('P3D'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d');

answered Nov 07 '13 at 04:56

Rakesh K