Modifying date object to add or subtract by using modify function in PHP

Date modify

This is another way to add or subtract a date object with different month , days ,year , hour , minutes , sec etc.
This function is supported by PHP 5.2 or higher versions. So if you are running 5.2 version the you can use modify function as add or subtract functions are supported by PHP 5.3 and higher only.

How to know PHP version ?

Here is an example on how to use modify function.

<?Php
date_default_timezone_set ("Asia/Kolkata");
$date1=new DateTime("now") ;
echo $date1->format('d-m-Y');
echo "<br>";
$date2=$date1->modify('+5 day');
 echo $date2->format('d-m-Y');
?>

The output is here

05-03-2012

10-03-2012

We can change the highlighted line like this

$date2=$date1->modify('+3 month +5 day -1 year ');

Output of this change is here

05-03-2012

10-06-2011

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