DO NOT use this function unless you are absolutely sure both your Apache and PHP have been compiled with the same value for -DFILE_OFFSET_BITS.
If not, this function will return the access time (or maybe even garbage) instead of the modification time due do Apache and PHP using different versions of the stat structure.
This is true regardless of Apache and PHP version.
To be on the safe side, always use the workaround already posted below:
filemtime($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])
getlastmod
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
getlastmod — Získat čas poslení modifikace skriptu
Popis
int getlastmod ( void )Vrátí čas poslení modifikace současné stránky. Návratová hodnota je Unixový timestamp, vhodný jako vstup pro date(). Při chybě vrací FALSE.
Příklad 1561. getlastmod() příklad
// outputs e.g. 'Last modified: March 04 1998 20:43:59.'
echo "Last modified: ".date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
See alse date(), getmyuid(), get_current_user(), getmyinode(), and getmypid().
getlastmod
rwruck
17-Oct-2004 03:28
17-Oct-2004 03:28
19-May-2004 01:36
Setting the 'Last-Modified' header:
<?php
setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
$ft = filemtime ('referencefile');
$localt = mktime ();
$gmtt = gmmktime ();
$ft = $ft - $gmtt + $localt;
$modified = strftime ("%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT", $ft);
?>
timeflys at users dot sourceforget dot net
20-Mar-2003 10:28
20-Mar-2003 10:28
I found issues using getlastmod() to test whether or not I was successful in setting the Last Modified date in the header. The code below shows the same Last Modified date before and after I set the Last-Modified header.
<?php
//True modified date
$modified = date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
//artificial modified date - sent to header
$last_modified = gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s T', (time() - 43200));
//caching prevention
header("Last-Modified: $last_modified GMT");
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
header("Pragma: no-cache"); // HTTP/1.0
$getlast_modified = date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
print "True modified date(Before): $modified <p /> Date sent to header(After): $getlast_modified";
?>
I then used the PEAR, HTTP_Request class which worked, the Last-Modified date updates everytime it is requested, the desired effect.
<?php
require 'HTTP/Request.php';
$r = new HTTP_Request('http://www.sample.com/page.php');
$r->sendRequest();
$response_headers = $r->getResponseHeader();
print $response_headers["last-modified"];
?>
Richard Anderson(r85anderson at yahoo dot com)
17-Nov-2002 10:33
17-Nov-2002 10:33
for includes....
<?php
//include.php
$file = __FILE__;
$lastmod = date("M d, Y @ h:ia", filemtime($file));
?>
<?php
//footer.php
echo("page last modified: $lastmod");
?>
[EDIT by danbrown AT php DOT net: Remember that $lastmod must not be a variable that is set or unset anywhere else in the script, or it will not work as expected when printed from the footer.]
kworthington ([no@spam)] linuxmaildotorg
04-Oct-2002 12:33
04-Oct-2002 12:33
I was just informed of a workaround for the Apache 2.0 issue, do:
echo "Last modified: " . date("D F d Y h:i:s A", filemtime($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]));
Thanks to: Edward S. Marshall
