PHP Date Function Seven days previous

date, php

Solution

Use the `strtotime` method provided by PHP.

`date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-7 days'))`

Thanks to @lonesomeday for pointing out my mistake in the comments ;)

Problem

I am trying to use PHP's Date Function to get the date of 7 days earlier in YYYY-MM-DD format. ``` date('Y-m-d'); ``` when i try ``` date('Y-m-d-7'); ``` i get an error

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