PHP Filemtime () function

Definitions and usage

The Filemtime () function returns the last time a file's content was modified.

If successful, the time is returned as a Unix timestamp. Returns False if the failure occurs.

Grammar

Filemtime (filename)

Parameters

Describe

FileName required. Specify the files to be inspected.

Description

This function returns the time when the block of data in the file was last written, that is, when the contents of the file were last modified.

Tips and comments

Hint: The result of this function will be cached. Please use Clearstatcache () to clear the cache.

Example

<?php
Echo filemtime ("test.txt");
echo "Last modified:". Date ("F D Y h:i:s.", Filemtime ("test.txt"));
?>

Output:

1139919766
Last Modified:february 14 2006 13:22:46.