PHP Symfony2 add 60 years to the both day Datetime object of a person

Question

I need to add 60 Years to the date of birth of a person/worker, this person is stored in the database and I have the following code to define this person plus the getters and setters:

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(name="Worker")
 * @ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="Osd\RetireBundle\Entity\WorkerRepository")
 */
class Worker
{
/**
 * @ORM\Id
 * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
 * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
 */
private $idWorker;

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=20)
 */
private $omang;

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=100)
 */
private $workerTitle;


/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=100)
 */
private $workerName;

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=100)
 */
private $workerSurname;

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="date")
 */
private $birthDay;

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="date")
 */
private $dateOfEmployment;

Inside this person/Worker, I do not really know is is correct to do it there, but I was trying to create a method like this:

    public function getRetireDate (){
   if($this->getBirthDay()) 
       return $retireYear = $this->getBirthDay()->add(new DateInterval('P60Y'));
}

I dont really know where to add the method?, but for now is inside the worker (Im new to symfony). but when ever I call it it gives me this error:

FatalErrorException: Error: Class 'Osd\RetireBundle\Entity\DateInterval' not found in /var/www/Org/src/Osd/RetireBundle/Entity/Worker.php line 202

Any one who has done or knows how and where to achieve this feature? Regards and thank you in advance.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 03 '13 at 08:48

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I think I have sorted out the problem and your answer @david was really helpful; now my method looks like this:

public function getRetireYear (){
       return $this->retireYear = $this->getBirthDay()->add(new \DateInterval('P60Y'));
}

and I have a private var inside the Worker called $retireYear. that's it. It works wonderfully. Thank you.

edited Oct 03 '13 at 08:48

vascowhite

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answered Oct 03 '13 at 08:24

Abel

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Thank you @vascowhite I'm really happy about the solution. – Abel Oct 03 '13 at 08:57
You can accept this answer, so that other uses know that you have found a solution. – vascowhite Oct 03 '13 at 10:06
Be careful and verify that the birth date itself is not getting 60 years added. The add method is a bit unusual. You probably want to clone the birth date then add. – Cerad Oct 03 '13 at 12:01

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '13 at 07:47

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The getRetireDate() function is in Worker entity. The error that occur is probably you don't have DateInterval entity or you forget to include DateInterval entity to your Worker entity.

answered Oct 03 '13 at 07:47

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DateInterval is not an Entity in my Sumfony project. DateIntevel is and internal PHP Class I took it from [here](http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.add.php). and I do not really know how does it work, is my first time using it. I'll keep researching any way. thank you. I'll post any progress. – Abel Oct 03 '13 at 08:15

PHP Symfony2 add 60 years to the both day Datetime object of a person

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