Date and number - create array [duplicate] - php

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Generate incrementing date strings
I have:
$start_date = '2012-09-03';
$number_days = 5;
I would like receive array with this dates:
$dates = array(
'2012-09-03',
'2012-09-04',
'2012-09-05',
'2012-09-06',
'2012-09-07'
);
What is the best way for this?

Answer 1

$start_date = '2012-09-03';
$dates[] = $start_date;
$number_days = 5;
for ($i=1; $i < $number_days; $i++) {
$dates[] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime("$start_date +$i days"));
}

Answer 2

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-add.php
Loop over and add the dates you need.

Answer 3

Have you tried something like this
function get_days($start_date, $max){
$ts=strtotime($start_date);
$next_day_interval=24*60*60;
$arr=array();
$arr[]=$start_date;
for($i=1;$i<=$max;$i++){
$ts += $next_day_interval;
$arr[]=date('Y-m-d', $ts);
}
return $arr;
}
Just wrote it here so there might be some compile time errors but I hope you get the idea.

Answer 4

Here's what you're searching for (work also on PHP < 5.3)
<?php
$start_date = '2012-09-03';
$number_days = 5;
$stdate = date(strtotime($start_date));
$dates = array();
for($i = 0 ; $i < $number_days ; $i++) {
$dates[$i] = date('Y-m-d', $stdate) ;
$stdate += 24*60*60;
}
var_dump($dates);
?>

Answer 5

Try this.
$start_date = '2012-09-03';
$number_days = 5;
$dates = array();
$TS = strtotime($start_date);
$dates[0] = $start_date;
for($i=1;$i<5;$i++)
{
$dates[$i] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 day', $TS));
$TS = strtotime($dates[$i]);
}

Answer 6

Modified Code from #vinay to print actual output
<?php
$start_date = '2012-09-03';
$number_days = 5;
$dates = array();
$TS = strtotime($start_date);
for($i=0;$i<5;$i++)
{
$dates[$i] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 day', $TS));
$TS = strtotime($dates[$i]);
echo date('y-m-d',$TS).'<br>';
}
?>

Answer 7

Here is simple example with PHP 5.3 DateTime and DateInterval. This is clear solution. Note: PHP 5.2 supports DateTime, but not DateInterval. You may declare it in custom class in PHP 5.2, see here: DateInterval Definition.
<?php
$start_date = '2012-09-03';
$number_days = 5;
$dt = new DateTime($start_date);
$dates = array();
for($i = 0; $i < $number_days; $i++) {
$dates[] = $dt->format("Y-m-d");
$dt->add(new DateInterval("P1D"));
}
print_r($dates);
?>