check date of file

[jannoy]

i have a file which is mytest.php

how can i display the date that it was modified or created?

[YappyDog]

Straight out of the manual...............

$filename = 'somefile.txt';
if (file_exists($filename)) {
echo "$filename was last changed: " . date("F d Y H:i:s.", filectime($filename));
}

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.filectime.php

[LordShryku]

[man]filemtime[/man] is more suited for this. filectime doesn't report actual data changes to the file, but more permission changes to the file.