date('m-d-Y') to stamp "Last Updated"

ATS16805

i'm looking to accomplish a very simple little task. i want put an automatic stamp on a file so that anytime i update its content, the file will reflect that time when it is published to the server anew.

take a look at my page and you'll see why i want to do this little "automated" task. it's merely so the visitors can have an idea of when i last entered new data so that they can better make a decision about my schedule.

the schedule used to be full, and it might one day be again-- in which case knowledge of current data is helpful. i used to handle this w/ Dreamweaver which apparently has its own way of stamping a bit of code there which updates a date. although i've abandoned the use of DreamWeaver several months ago, this is something that i've finally got around to updating w/ CSS (and php-- which i will eventually turn this schedule into an event calendar application w/ admin login so i can do it all from a web-interface). i realize it's still not very pretty-- but it serves the purpose.

thanks!

rikmoncur

 /* LAST MODIFIED DATE */
// outputs e.g. 'Last modified: March 04 1998 20:43:59.'
echo "Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());

ATS16805

hey, thanks! so, this will only update at the time of upload, and not continually as i suspect my solution is going to do?

ATS16805

okay, this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but i'm asking because it's one of those things that are like a needle in a haystack to try to find in a manual. i looked at the syntax for escaping html, but it's not covered there. i'm sure i probably learned this rule way back during the fundamentals, but i don't have anyone to quickly reference nearby, so i'm exposing my silliness here for you all to see.

if i want to embed a bit of php in an otherwise html filled page, must i use the extension .php, or will the php be parsed simply by way of using the code-embedding technique as in the following example (i know the example below will work, because i've just tested it, if the filename is filename.php):

filename.htm

<html>
<body>
lots of text
</body>
</html>
<?php
phpcode()
?>
<html>
<body>
rest of the html
</body>
</html>

i'm asking because i have used, specifically, the filename "guitar.htm", for so many years that i'd like to keep that filename for those who only have that URL (my business cards, etc).

i realize i could use a URL redirect, such as the only one i know:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.sonamusic.com/newsframe.htm">

is that my best option here? if so, is there a shorthand, or cleaner version of a redirect i should be using?

coreyp_1

OK: I need someone else's expertise here, but isn't there a way to tell the server (probably apache) to process the "htm" extension in the same way as the "php" extension?

rikmoncur

I think you can change something in the php.ini to do as coryp_1 said - dunno if you can if you're on a commercial server??

For a non-critical function such as this, you could alway use the javascript spit version - which is probably what Dreamweaver was doing.
Here's a quick and dirty snippet:

Last Updated: <script>
document.write(document.lastModified);
</script>

ATS16805

actually, it wasn't that, or i would have tried to re-work it. i'm no expert, but i get the impression it is some sort of DW proprietary code.. i mean, why else would it be commented out? the hash marks are reminiscent of ColdFusion, eh?

Last Updated on
              <!-- #BeginDate format:fcAm3a -->Sunday, 05/29/2005 11:14 PM<!-- #EndDate -->

edit:
duh! i didn't realize it at first cause i was so emersed in the DW thing, but you just gave me a more simple solution / workaround for the "last updated" bit. hehe. cool. thanks! i'm inclined however to use the php code, as i might later want to add something else. who knows. hmm to keep two pages of essentially the same info would get rather confusing. decisions, decisions.
🙂

rikmoncur

The dreamweaver code isn't a server or client side browser code - it's part of the dreamweaver programme. Dreamweaver uses it to update the timestamp before uploading.

Both my examples of php and javascript will work ok.

halojoy

ATS16805 wrote:
take a look at my page
realize it's still not very pretty

ATS16805
what has halojoy done to you :bemused:
as you do not reply to his PM in this forums
/halojoy - does not know .... maybe ATS16805 is a MxShitSQL lover 😕

ATS16805

uh...
huh?

ATS16805

rikmoncur wrote:
it's part of the dreamweaver programme

that's what i was trying to say by "proprietary"