You can use as following.
$start_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$end_date = date("Y-m-d 23:59:59", strtotime('+3 days', strtotime($start_date)));
You can also set days as constant and use like below.
if (!defined('ADD_DAYS')) define('ADD_DAYS','+3 days');
$end_date = date("Y-m-d 23:59:59", strtotime(ADD_DAYS, strtotime($start_date)));