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getlastmod

GETLASTMOD(3)								 1							     GETLASTMOD(3)

getlastmod - Gets time of last page modification

SYNOPSIS

       int getlastmod (void  )

DESCRIPTION

	Gets the time of the last modification of the main script of execution.

	If you're interested in getting the last modification time of a different file, consider using filemtime(3).

RETURN VALUES

	Returns  the  time  of the last modification of the current page. The value returned is a Unix timestamp, suitable for feeding to date(3).
       Returns FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      getlastmod(3) example

	      <?php
	      // outputs e.g. 'Last modified: March 04 1998 20:43:59.'
	      echo "Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       date(3), getmyuid(3), getmygid(3), get_current_user(3), getmyinode(3), getmypid(3), filemtime(3).

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