How to create a date using the current year, in PHP? [closed]

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Can someone tell me how I can use the current year instead of hard-coding the year in the below line?

$yearCurrent = date('Y');
$dayLast = new DateTime('2014-12-31');

I guess this is probably something very simple but I couldn't find a solution for this so far.

Answer 1

The last day of the year will always be 12-31 so try:

$dayLast = new DateTime($yearCurrent.'-12-31');

Answer 2

why not just use:

$dayLast = $yearCurrent."-12-31";?

Answer 3

Or, more compactly:

$dayLast = new DateTime(date('Y').'-12-31');

Unless you need the variable set to current year for some other purpose.

Answer 4

Another variation, which will always give a date for the current year:-

$dayLast = \DateTime::createFromFormat('-m-d', '-12-31')->format('Y-m-d');

This does not require your $yearCurrent variable.

See the DateTime manual.