Increase current date by 5 days

Question

$date = date('Y-m-d',current_time('timestamp', 0));

How do I change $date to $date + 5 days?

PHP version is 5.2.

This code doesn't work:

$date_cur = date('Y-m-d',current_time('timestamp', 0));
echo $date_cur . ' <br>';
$date_cur_plus = date($date_cur, strtotime('+5 days'));
echo $date_cur_plus;

Gives me:

2011-11-29 
2011-11-29

Answer 1

You could use mktime() using the timestamp.

Something like:

$date = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m'), date('d') + 5, date('Y')));

Using strtotime() is faster, but my method still works and is flexible in the event that you need to make lots of modifications. Plus, strtotime() can't handle ambiguous dates.

Edit

If you have to add 5 days to an already existing date string in the format YYYY-MM-DD, then you could split it into an array and use those parts with mktime().

$parts = explode('-', $date);
$datePlusFive = date(
    'Y-m-d', 
    mktime(0, 0, 0, $parts[1], $parts[2] + 5, $parts[0])
    //              ^ Month    ^ Day + 5      ^ Year
);

Answer 2

Object oriented Style:

<?php
    $date = new DateTime('now');
    $date->add(new DateInterval('P5D'));
    echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n";
?>

Procedural Style:

<?php
    $date = date_create('2016-01-01');
    date_add($date, date_interval_create_from_date_string('5 days'));
    echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d');
?>

Answer 3

$date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+5 days'));

Answer 4

Use strtotime:

$date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+5 days'));

Answer 5

$dateplus5 = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+5 days'));

Answer 6

For specific date:

$date = '2011-11-01';
$date_plus = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date.'+5 days'));
echo $date.'<br>'.$date_plus;

It will be give :

2011-11-01
2011-11-06

Answer 7

You can use

strtotime(“+5 days”)

to get the current date plus 5 days or

$targetDate = date($date, strtotime(’+5 days’));

Answer 8

strtotime() is very nice. It allows you to do the following:

$startDate = 'now'; // or choose a certain date you want/have
$startDate = '2013-02-14';
$intervals = array(
    '', 
    '+ 5 days', 
    '+ 31 days', 
    '+ 3 months', 
    '+ 2 years + 2 days'
); 
foreach($intervals as $interval) {
    $combinedDate = $startDate . ' ' . $interval;
    var_dump($combinedDate . ' => ' date('Y-m-d', strtotime($combinedDate)));
}

with a result:

now => 1360334498 = 2013-02-08

now + 5 days => 1360766498 = 2013-02-13

now + 31 days => 1363012898 = 2013-03-11

now + 3 months => 1368020498 = 2013-05-08

now + 2 years + 2 days => 1423579298 = 2015-02-10

or:

2013-02-14 => 1360792800 = 2013-02-14

2013-02-14 + 5 days => 1361224800 = 2013-02-19

2013-02-14 + 31 days => 1363471200 = 2013-03-17

2013-02-14 + 3 months => 1368478800 = 2013-05-14

2013-02-14 + 2 years + 2 days => 1424037600 = 2015-02-16