[SOLVED] Question about DATE() .... Hmmmm

[bri0987]

<?php $today = date("F j, Y"); echo $today ?>

 

// this code will Echo todays date: October 24, 2007

 

I need to ADD 10 days to that. >> So if the date is October 24, 2007 I need it to echo November 3, 2007 <<

 

What is the simplest way to do this. I have tried simple math on the string but it did not work?

 

Any one know about this?

[pocobueno1388]

This should do it.

 

<?php

$new_date = date ('F j, Y', strtotime ("$date + 10 days"));
echo $new_date;

?>

[Wuhtzu]

Make use of the mktime() function http://dk2.php.net/mktime

 

<?php
//Save the current time to make sure all calculations are based on the same timestamp
//Worst case scenario is that a calc starts 0.001s before midnight and ends 0.001s after midnight
$time = time();

//Days to add
$days_to_add = 10;

//Get the day, month and year of today
$today_day = date("j", $time);
$today_month = date("n",$time);
$today_year = date("Y", $time);

//Create the new timestamp
$new_timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $today_month, $today_day + $days_to_add, $today_year);


//View the todays date and the new date
echo "Today: " . date("F j, Y", $time);
echo "<br>";
echo "New date: " . date("F j, Y", $new_timestamp);

?>

Code tested and working

 

The smart thing about mktime() is that it "corrects for wrong dates" in a very useful manner. $today_day + $days_to_add could easily equal something above 31 (like now when you add 10 to 24 which is 34) but mktime() can handle to make a timestamp for the 34th of October which is actually the 3rd of November... it simply corrects both date, month and year. So this method is very very good for adding x hours, minutes, seconds, days, months or years to a timestamp since mktime() does all the hard work for you

[Wuhtzu]

pocobueno1388, now my answer seems pretty embarrassing

 

Is your way the smartest and always working way to add hours, minutes, seconds, days, months and years to a given timestamp?

[kenrbnsn]

Adding days in the strtotime() function works fine and, IMHO, is easier to use than mktime().

 

Ken

[Wuhtzu]

It seems like a great function... can you add 10seconds, 80hours, 2months and 10years at the same time or will you then have to call the function for each addition?

 

 

**Edit**

Sorry for asking - I forgot all about the manual.

[bri0987]

THANKS ALL!!!

 

I used this:

<?php 
	         //date today
			  $date = date("F j, Y");
		//put into string
			  $current_date = strtotime($date);
		//add 10 days
			  $new_date = date("F j, Y",$current_date+=864000);
		//display dates
			  echo 'Todays date is ' . $date . '<br />';
			  echo 'Plus 10 days is ' . $new_date;				  
			  
?>

[kenrbnsn]

You can also do:

<?php
<?php
$today = date('F j, Y');
$today_plus_ten = date('F j, Y',strtotime('today +10 days'));
echo $today . ' ... ' . $today_plus_ten . "<br>";
?>

 

Ken