How to get the file creation date, modification date, access time in PHP

PHP Get file creation time, modification time common code

Filemtime (string filename) returns the time when the file was last modified and FALSE on error. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp and can be used with date (). For example: $a =filemtime ("Log.txt");      echo "Modified:" Date ("y-m-d h:i:s", $a), filectime (string filename) returns the time the file last Inode was modified, and returns FALSE if an error occurs. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp. For example: $a =filectime ("Log.txt");      echo "Creation time:". Date ("Y-m-d h:i:s", $a), fileatime (string filename) returns the time the file was last accessed, or FALSE if an error occurs. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp. For example: $a =fileatime ("Log.txt");     echo "Modification time:". Date ("Y-m-d h:i:s", $a);

Filemtime (string filename)

Returns the time when the file was last modified and FALSE on error. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp and can be used with date ().

Filectime (string filename)

Returns the time the file last Inode was modified and returns FALSE if an error occurs. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp.

Fileatime (string filename)

Returns the time that the file was last accessed, or FALSE if an error occurs. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp.

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Filectime:linux Last Modified Time
Filemtime: Last Modification time
Fileatime: Time of last visit

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Filemtime
(PHP 3, PHP 4)

Filemtime--Get File modification time
Description

int Filemtime (string filename)

Returns the time when the file was last modified and FALSE on error. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp and can be used with date ().
Note: The result of this function is cached. For more information, see Clearstatcache ().
Note: This function does not work on remote files, and the files being inspected must be accessed through the server's file system.
This function returns the last time the data block in the file was written, that is, the time when the contents of the file were last modified.

Example 1. Filemtime () example

<?php//outputs e.g. Somefile.txt was the last Modified:december of 2002 22:16:23. $filename = ' somefile.txt '; if (file_exis TS ($filename)) {echo "$filename is Last modified:". Date ("F D Y h:i:s.", Filemtime ($filename)); }?>

Filectime
(PHP 3, PHP 4)

Filectime--Get the Inode modification time of the file
Description

int Filectime (string filename)

Returns the time the file last Inode was modified and returns FALSE if an error occurs. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp.
Note: In most Unix file systems, when the Inode data for a file is changed, the file is considered modified. That is, when the permissions of the file, the owner, all the groups, or other metadata in the Inode are updated. See Filemtime () (This is the function you want to use to create a "last updated" footnote in a Web page) and Fileatime ().
It is wrong to note that CTime is said to be the time that the file was established in some Unix explanatory text. There is no setup time for UNIX files in most Unix file systems.
Note: The result of this function is cached. For more information, see Clearstatcache ().
Note: This function does not work on remote files, and the files being inspected must be accessed through the server's file system.

Example 1. Fileatime () example

<?php//output similar to: Somefile.txt is last Changed:december 29 2002 22:16:23. $filename = ' Somefile.txt ', if (file_exists ($filename)) {echo "$filename is last changed:". Date ("F D Y h:i:s.", Filectime ($filename));}? >

Fileatime
(PHP 3, PHP 4)

Fileatime--Get the last access time of the file
Description

int Fileatime (string filename)

Returns the time that the file was last accessed, or FALSE if an error occurs. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp.
Note: The atime of a file should be changed whenever a block of data in this file is read. Performance is affected when an application regularly accesses a large number of files or directories. Some Unix file systems can turn off atime updates at load time to improve the performance of such programs. USENET newsgroup spooling is a common example. This function is not useful under this file system.
Note: The result of this function is cached. For more information, see Clearstatcache ().
Note: This function does not work on remote files, and the files being inspected must be accessed through the server's file system.
Example 1. Fileatime () example

<?php//output similar to: Somefile.txt is last Accessed:december 2002 22:16:23. $filename = ' somefile.txt '; if (file_exists ($fil ENAME) {echo "$filename is last accessed:". Date ("F D Y h:i:s.", Fileatime ($filename));}? >