Re: Improve DateTime Class

Hi, are you mabe just looking for $date->add(new DateInterval('P15D')); ? 2012/12/10 Christian Stoller <stoller@leonex.de> > Hi internals, > > what do you think about improving the modification functionality of the > DateTime class. I always get a cold shiver, when I write something like > this: > <?php > $date = new DateTime() > $date->modify(‘+15 day’); > > In my opinion it would be nicer if one could write: > $date->modify(15, DateTime::INTERVAL_DAY); // for adding 15 days > $date->modify(-15, DateTime::INTERVAL_DAY); // for subtracting 15 days > > Even better would be to have methods like addDays(), addMonths(), etc. > > This would make it cleaner and more readable. You do not have to do > something like this: > > $date = new DateTime(); > $date->modify(getDaysToAddMethod() . " day"); // I am not sure if a '+' > sign is needed if the value is positive > > And it is fully backward compatible. > > Best regards > Christian > > -- github.com/KingCrunch