PHP mktime string not working

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I am trying to add $input to my $output mktime string but it just returns the date today not the date +2 days (eg 2 days ahead) as desired. Can anyone help my with this please?

 $input = '+2';
 $output = date('j',mktime(0,0,0,date('j'), date('d'),  $input  ,date('Y')));

I have also tried

$input = +2;
$output = date('j',mktime(0,0,0,date('j'), date('d'),  $input  ,date('Y')));

but that did not work either.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Glavić · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-25 22:33:25Z

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You can do:

date('j', mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m'), date('d') + 2, date('Y')));

But the easier way would probably be (and more readable one):

$date = strtotime('+2 days');
$output = date('j', $date);

edited Jan 25, 2014 at 22:33

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answered Jan 25, 2014 at 22:02

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brgs Over a year ago

Yeah, thanks for pointing that out, I actually came back with the idea of editing that. :D

mombul · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-25 22:01:21Z

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The coma before $input is messing with you. You should replace it with a + sign and only have the number of days in your $input. Like this:

$input = 2;
$output = date('j',mktime(0,0,0,date('j'), date('d') + $input,date('Y')));

But there are better ways to do this (see other answers).

answered Jan 25, 2014 at 22:01

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user3236271 Over a year ago

Thanks your answer works! However on reflection I agree the other answer is more simply way of going about doing this.

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