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getlastmod

Gets time of last page modification (PHP 4, PHP 5)
int getlastmod ( )

Example 1841. getlastmod() example

<?php
// outputs e.g. 'Last modified: March 04 1998 20:43:59.'
echo "Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
?>

Code Examples / Notes » getlastmod

19-may-2004 12:36

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);
?>


kworthington no@spam linuxmaildotorg

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


timeflys

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.
=====getlastmod
<?
//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.
======HTTP_Request
<?
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

for includes....
<?
//include.php
$file = __FILE__;
$lastmod = date("M d, Y @ h:ia", filemtime($file));
?>
<?
//footer.php
echo("page last modified: $lastmod");
?>


rwruck

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'])


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