php - Modify DateTime on Month short name formatted date string -

i'd use datetime->modify function on date string that's formatted "21 jan 2016". when use datetime->modify , add 1 day, gives me result of 30 apr 2017. know if don't use short month name , use number instead (i.e. 01), work fine work way short month name. possible?

please see code below:

<?php $date = "21 jan 2016"; //  date string $newdate = new datetime($date );  $date2 = $newdate->modify('+1 day'); // add 1 day date string echo $date2->format("d-m-y");  ?> 

result is:

30-apr-2017

result wanted

22-jan-2016

the problem trying create datetime object non-iso format. that's part not working.

take at: http://php.net/manual/ro/datetime.createfromformat.php

you need have

datetime::createfromformat('d m y', '21 jan 2016'); 

full example:

$tomorrow = datetime::createfromformat('d m y', '21 jan 2016')->modify('+1 day')->format("d-m-y"); echo($tomorrow);