How to Add Minutes to Date and Time in PHP

The following is really easy way to add minutes in date and time using PHP. Using the date function to set the format of the date to be returned then using strtotime. You may also like How to add One Minute in Current Date and Time using PHP and How to Add Hours to Date and Time in PHP.

The following source code will add 2 minutes to current date and time.

<?php
    $start = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime('+2 minutes',strtotime($start)));
?>

The following source code will add 2 minutes to date and time.

<?php
    $start = '2018-05-21 20:24:45';
    echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime('+2 minutes',strtotime($start)));
?>

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