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PHP ftp_mdtm() Function

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Definition and Usage

The ftp_mdtm() function returns when the specified file was last modified.

This function returns the last modified time as a Unix timestamp (or -1 on error).

Syntax

ftp_login(ftp_connection,file)

Parameter Description
ftp_connection Required. Specifies the FTP connection to login to
file Required. Specifies the file to check

Tips and Notes

Note: Not all FTP servers support this function.

Example

<?php
$conn = ftp_connect("ftp.testftp.com") or die("Could not connect");
ftp_login($conn,"admin","ert456");

$mod = ftp_mdtm($conn,"test.txt")

//Result in Unix timestamp
echo $mod;
echo "<br />";
//Unix timestamp formatted as a date
echo date(DATE_RFC822,$mod);

ftp_close($conn);
?>

The output of the code above will be:

1140082571
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:36:11 CET

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