[SOLVED] Simple strtotime() error.

[kernelgpf]

The code:

$today=date('m/d/y');
$time="6 MONTHS";
$expires=date("$today", strtotime("+$time"));
print "$today and $expires";

 

Prints out "05/04/09 and 05/04/09";

[RussellReal]

<?php
$today=date('m/d/y');
$time="6 MONTHS";
$expires = strtotime("$today + $time");
print "$today and $expires";
?>

[kernelgpf]

"05/04/09 and 1257318000".

[RussellReal]

use $expires in date()

[Maq]

You need to give date it's first formatting parameter:

 

$today=date('m/d/y');
$time="6 MONTHS";
$expires = date('m/d/y', strtotime("$today + $time"));
print "$today and $expires";
?>

[kernelgpf]

A step better:

 

$today=date('d/m/y');
$time="6 MONTHS";
$expires = date('d/m/y', strtotime("$today + $time"));
print "$today and $expires";

 

But now it prints out "04/05/09 and 05/10/09". It thinks today is April 5th?

[kenrbnsn]

You formated the date as "day/month/year" so "04/05/09" is the 4th of May.

 

If you want "month/day/year" use "m/d/y".

 

Read the manual entry for date.

 

Ken

[kernelgpf]

Oh, duh. Sorry. But that's only 5 months, not 6?

[kenrbnsn]

No, it's 6 months -- June 5th, July 5th, August 5th, September 5th, October 5th, November 5th.

 

Ken

[Ken2k7]

Oh, duh. Sorry. But that's only 5 months, not 6?

Understandably, you're thinking of that because you formatted your date wrong.

 

$today=date('m/d/y');
$time="6 MONTHS";
$expires = date('m/d/y', strtotime("$today + $time"));
echo "$today and $expires";

 

See what that echos out. It should look right to you.