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PHP date_modify() Function

PHP date_modify() Function

PHP date_modify() function is used to modify or to alter the timestamp of the DateTime object. It returns a DateTime object on success and returns FALSE on failure.

Syntax :

date_modify($object,$modify);

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
object This is a required parameter. This parameter defines DateTime object returned by date_create().
modify This is a required parameter. This parameter defines a date/time string.

Here is an example of date_modify() function in PHP:

<html>
<body>
<?php
$date=date_create();
date_modify($date,"+14 days");
echo date_format($date,"d-M-Y");
?>
</body>
</html>

Output:
15-Feb-2020

Example 2

<html>
<body>
<?php
$date=date_create("01-01-2020");
date_modify($date,"-20 days");
echo date_format($date,"d-M-Y");
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
12-Dec-2019

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