PHP date; How to find the next year?

Question

I want to get today\'s date + one year. How do I achieve this with PHP\'s date functions?

Answer 1

You could use the new Datetime and Datetime_Intervall-classes introduced in the later PHP 5-versions.

I once posted an answer in this question. Maybe it helps you :)

The advantage is, that this classes also checks for leap-seconds and leap-years, timezones, etc.

Answer 2

From PHP's documentation:

<?php
    $date = new DateTime($your_supposed_date);
    $date->add(new DateInterval('P1Y'));
    echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n";
?>

Gordon's much cleaner version (Thank you!):

<?php
    $date = new DateTime("+12 months $theDate");
    echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n";
?>