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filectime

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets inode change time of file

Description

filectime(string $filename): int|false

Gets the inode change time of a file.

Parameters

filename: Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns the time the file was last changed, Falseforfailure. The time is returned as a Unix timestamp.

Errors/Exceptions Failure

Examples

A filectime() example

php

<?php

// outputs e.g.  somefile.txt was last changed: December 29 2002 22:16:23.

$filename = 'somefile.txt';
if (file_exists($filename)) {
    echo "$filename was last changed: " . date("F d Y H:i:s.", filectime($filename));
}

?>

Notes

Note

Note: In most Unix filesystems, a file is considered changed when its inode data is changed; that is, when the permissions, owner, group, or other metadata from the inode is updated. See also filemtime() (which is what you want to use when you want to create "Last Modified" footers on web pages) and fileatime().