php man page for ftp_mdtm

FTP_MDTM(3)								 1							       FTP_MDTM(3)

ftp_mdtm - Returns the last modified time of the given file

SYNOPSIS
       int ftp_mdtm (resource  $ftp_stream, string  $remote_file)

DESCRIPTION
       ftp_mdtm(3) gets the last modified time for a remote file.

       Note

	       Not all servers support this feature!

       Note

	      ftp_mdtm(3) does not work with directories.

PARAMETERS
	      o $ftp_stream
		- The link identifier of the FTP connection.

	      o $remote_file
		- The file from which to extract the last modification time.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the last modified time as a Unix timestamp on success, or -1 on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      ftp_mdtm(3) example

	      <?php

	      $file = 'somefile.txt';

	      // set up basic connection
	      $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

	      // login with username and password
	      $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

	      //  get the last modified time
	      $buff = ftp_mdtm($conn_id, $file);

	      if ($buff != -1) {
		  // somefile.txt was last modified on: March 26 2003 14:16:41.
		  echo "$file was last modified on : " . date("F d Y H:i:s.", $buff);
	      } else {
		  echo "Couldn't get mdtime";
	      }

	      // close the connection
	      ftp_close($conn_id);

	      ?>

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