fileatime

Gets last access time of file (PHP 4, PHP 5)
int fileatime ( string filename )

Gets the last access time of the given file.

Parameters

filename: Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns the time the file was last accessed, or FALSE in case of an error. The time is returned as a Unix timestamp.

Examples

Example 631. fileatime() example

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<?php

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

$filename = 'somefile.txt';

if (file_exists($filename)) {

    echo "$filename was last accessed: " . date("F d Y H:i:s.", fileatime($filename));

}

?>

Notes

Note:

The atime of a file is supposed to change whenever the data blocks of a file are being read. This can be costly performance-wise when an application regularly accesses a very large number of files or directories.

Some Unix filesystems can be mounted with atime updates disabled to increase the performance of such applications; USENET news spools are a common example. On such filesystems this function will be useless.

Note:

The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

Tip:

As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Appendix O, List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.

fileatime

Gets last access time of file (PHP 4, PHP 5)
int fileatime ( string filename )

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 631. fileatime() example

Notes

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fileatime

Gets last access time of file (PHP 4, PHP 5) int fileatime ( string filename )

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 631. fileatime() example

Notes

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Gets last access time of file (PHP 4, PHP 5)
int fileatime ( string filename )