Thanks Tom, for the excellent help!
Seems like 'strtotime' function was what was needed!
Regards,
Andre
On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:06 am, you wrote:
> Hi
> A slightly more efficeint way :)
> <?
>
> $start = "2002-01-01";
> $expire = date("Y-m-d",strtotime("$start +30 days"));
> echo $expire."<br>";
> ?>
>
> Tom
>
> At 02:03 PM 19/05/2002, Andre Dubuc wrote:
> >Two columns in my PostgreSQL db are type 'date' (formatted 'YYYY-mm-dd'):
> >'start_date' and 'expiry_date'. What I cannot seem to figure out is how to
> >augment the 'expiry_date' either by 30 days, 60 days, or 1 year.
> >
> >I've tried the date function in PHP (getdate) but the problem is that it
> >appears to need a timestamp of "today". The dates that I'm trying to
> > augment are sometimes a year or two ago.
> >
> >This doesn't work:
> >
> >$new_expiry_date = $expiry_date("Y-m-d", mktime(0,0,0, date(Y), date(m),
> >date(d) + 60)));
> >
> >I assume it's because the '$expiry_date' should be simply 'date', but that
> >would give the current date which is not what is wanted. Is there anyway
> > to set 'date' as '$expiry_date'?
> >
> >Suggestions, admonitions, and general advice will be greatly appreciated.
> >Btw, I've searched the archives, and haven't found anything quite on this
> >topic.
> >
> >Tia,
> >Andre
> >
> >
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