can't get date thru filemtime()

[e-snapper]

i am trying to get the date of post-uploaded files with filemtime(), then date() to make it readable. filemtime() alone returns nothing, which date() then converts to 1st december.

i have tried using stat() with much the same results. i am thinking that these functions are unavailable on my server. or is my code?

[[deleted]]

It's probably the code 🙂

give is a sample of what you do

[e-snapper]

here's the relevant lines:

$file_posted = filemtime($file_name);
$modified = date("F dS", $file_posted);

[[deleted]]

are you sure the file you are checking exists?

if (file_exists($file_name))
{
$file_posted = filemtime($file_name);
$modified = date("F dS", $file_posted);
}
else
{
echo "File ".$file_name." not found";
};

[trellie]

if you're using windows as your server platform stat() and file*time() will always return -1...

on unixes is should definitly work if the file exists.

[e-snapper]

i am using the file_exists() as you suggest and the system i'm running on is unix/apache with PHP4 installed.

as previously mentioned, i am left wondering if my host has these features disabled - it seems that stat() in particular is a bit of a system drain. the reply to my email asking if this was the case was left curiously vague (?!).

[Anon]

I had the same problem (Solaris 8 & Apache setup). The problem is not with the functions it's with the filename, make sure it includes the full path to the file. I.E: filemtime(myfile.txt) returns false, but filemtime(/tmp/myfile.txt) returns the correct date.

-- Matt