The ftp_mdtm() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get time when the file on FTP server was last modified.
Syntax:
ftp_mdtm( $ftp_connection, $file )
Parameter: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $ftp_connection: It is required parameter. It specifies the already existing FTP connection.
- $file: It is required parameter. It specifies the file or path of the file in remote server i.e. FTP server whose last modified will be retrieved.
Return Value: It returns last modified time as a UNIX timestamp on success or -1 on error.
Note:
- This function is available for PHP 4.0.0 and newer version.
- The following examples cannot be run on online IDE. So try to run in some PHP hosting server or localhost with proper ftp server name.
- This function does not works for directories. All server may not support this function.
Example:
PHP
<?php // Connect to FTP server // Use a correct ftp server$ftp_server = "localhost"; // Use correct ftp username$ftp_username="user"; // Use correct ftp password corresponding// to the ftp username$ftp_userpass="user";// File name or path to upload to ftp server$file = "demo_test.txt"; // Establishing ftp connection $ftp_connection = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");if($ftp_connection) { echo "successfully connected to the ftp server!"; // Logging in to established connection with // ftp username password $login = ftp_login($ftp_connection, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass); if($login) { // Checking whether logged in successfully or not echo "<br>logged in successfully!"; // Storing last modified data in $last_mod $last_mod = ftp_mdtm($ftp_connection, $file); if ($last_mod != -1) { // Checking whether any error occurred or not // while retrieving last modified data echo "<br> $file was modified on ". date("F d Y H:i:s.", $last_mod)."."; } else { echo "<br>could not get last modified."; } } else { echo "<br>login failed!"; } // Closing connection if(ftp_close($ftp_connection)) { echo "<br>Connection closed Successfully!"; } }?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-mdtm.php
