PHP ftp_mdtm() Function

The ftp_mdtm() function returns when the specified file was last modified. This function was introduced in PHP 4.

Syntax:

Parameter	Description	Is compulsory
ftp_stream	The link identifier of the FTP connection.	compulsory
remote_file	The file from which to extract the last modification time.	compulsory

Returns

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

Important note: Not all servers support this function. The ftp_mdtm() function does not work with directories.

Example 1

<?php
$file = 'javafile.txt';
// set up basic connection
$ftp_server = "127.0.0.1";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "demo", "demo1");
//  get the last modified time
$buff = ftp_mdtm($conn_id, $file);
if ($buff != -1) 
{
	// somefile.txt was last modified on: March 26 2003 14:16:41.
		echo "$file was last modified on : " . date("F d Y H:i:s.", $buff);
} 
else 
{
		echo "Couldn't get mdtime";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

Output:

Example 2

<?php
$file = 'sonoo.txt';
// set up basic connection
$ftp_server = "127.0.0.1";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "demo", "demo1");
//  get the last modified time
$buff = ftp_mdtm($conn_id, $file);
if ($buff != -1) 
{
// somefile.txt was last modified on: March 26 2003 14:16:41.
echo "$file was last modified on : " . date("F d Y H:i:s.", $buff);
} 
else 
{
		echo "Couldn't get mdtime";
}

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

Output: