Last Modified date in include problem

[Anon]

i've got a php page, savings.php, which consists of numerous includes,
e.g.

<table border=0>
<tr><td><img src="../graphics/headings/rates/savings.gif"

width=471 height=31 border=0 align=right alt="Savings"></td></tr>
<? include("savingsheader.php"); ?>
<tr><td class=bodytext><br>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 border=0>
<? include("sav-nonotice.php"); ?>
<? include("sav-internet.php"); ?>
<? include("sav-notice.php"); ?>
<? include("sav-monthly.php"); ?>
<? include("sav-cheque.php"); ?>
<? include("sav-key.php"); ?>
</table>

each of these includes are a series of table rows...

at the end of each included file, there is another include,

<? include("lastupdated.php"); ?>

this is a short php script that shows the last modified date of the
file.

however, the problem I am having is that it is showing the modified
date of lastupdated.php and not the updated date of the page that
calls it.

it works fine if I don't use includes and place <? echo date( "l jS F,
Y", getlastmod() );?> directly in the page, but because of colspan
problems, i'd like to use an include.

i've tried using $PHP_SELF, but that gives 'savings.php' as the
referring file - which is not the date I want..

<? echo date( "F d, Y. H:i:s a",
filemtime(substr($PHP_SELF,strrpos($PHP_SELF,'/')+1))) ?>

I know I can specify the filename, e.g below, but the script needs to
know which page was calling it...

<? echo date( "F d, Y. H:i:s a", filemtime('sav-internet.php')); ?>

is there a simple way around this ??? or should I just forget about
using an include for this and just insert the getlastmod on each page
??

hope you can help me with this!

janus

[Anon]

Just a thought, not tested, not thought through..

If you, in the lastupdated.php, call get_included_files();

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-included-files.php

you may get a list of all included files at this stage, and the second-last element of the array being the name of the file that included this one?

JUST a though, don't be angry if it doesn't work ;-)

[Anon]

Terje,

thanks for the idea - it works as you describe it.

however, I don't have the knowledge to know how to remove the non-needed items from the results and specify the include to be used, nor do I really have the time to figure it out.

do you know how to do such a process ??

for the time being, i'm using another solution... having gone back to the manual, I looked up the include() command again..

i'm now adding the filename to be called at the end of the include...

i.e

<? include "http://www.domain.com?domain=sav-internet.php" ?>

that works fine - in fact getlastmod didn't even work correctly, but this method does.

however, if we can get your idea working, it would be a much simpler solution.

thanks for replying.

janus