php - add + 7 days to date format mm dd, YYYY

Question

I have date of this format March 3, 2011 in database and I need to extend it with 7 days. I mean

 $date = $date + 7

. Is there any build in function to do that ?

Answer 1

$date = "Mar 03, 2011";
$date = strtotime($date);
$date = strtotime("+7 day", $date);
echo date('M d, Y', $date);