add month to a date

[orange08]

currently, i 'm working with a date and intend to add a specific month to the date, so that the date that is added with the month can be generated...

 

e.g. 2008-12-27 add 1 month then

the generated date which i needed is 2009-1-27

 

after searching online, i found strtotime(), but i'm quite confuse with it and unable to get the answer i want...

 

so really hope that sifu here can give me a hand, thx!

[kenrbnsn]

Here's a quick example:

<?php
echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime('2008-12-27 +1 month'));
?>

 

Ken

[orange08]

Here's a quick example:

<?php
echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime('2008-12-27 +1 month'));
?>

 

Ken

 

yes, thx! it works. but, how about if my date and month to add is in variable, how to apply it?

 

$mydate=2008-12-27;

$addmth=1;

 

i tried, but the answer is wrong, year 1970 is generated, month and day are wrong too...

[RussellReal]

<?php

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime('2008-12-27 +1 month'));

?>

 

this should be what you'd probably want

 

<?php

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime("{$mydate} +{$addmth} month"));

?>

[orange08]

<?php

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime('2008-12-27 +1 month'));

?>

 

this should be what you'd probably want

 

<?php

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime("{$mydate} +{$addmth} month"));

?>

 

i try this

<?php

$jdate=$_SESSION['StartDate'];

$m=$_SESSION['Duration'];

 

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime($jdate.'+'.$m .'month'));

?>

 

and currently it works, what do you think? will it create problem?

[RussellReal]

eh, idk lol, just use this to be on the safe side:

 

<?php
$jdate=$_SESSION['StartDate'];
$m=$_SESSION['Duration'];

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime("{$jdate} +{$m} month"));
?>

 

but they're both the same basically, except yours is missing plenty whitespace lol and idk if eventually that will bose a problem so..

[orange08]

eh, idk lol, just use this to be on the safe side:

 

<?php
$jdate=$_SESSION['StartDate'];
$m=$_SESSION['Duration'];

echo date('Y-m-d',strtotime("{$jdate} +{$m} month"));
?>

 

but they're both the same basically, except yours is missing plenty whitespace lol and idk if eventually that will bose a problem so..

 

ok, thx! i'll take your advice!