[RESOLVED] Date Display weirdity

[snorky]

In the following code there are two time displays:

1. When run on a server using PHP 5.2 it displays
   ©2003-2007
   
   Page Updated: 1969.12.31
   The copyright year is correct
   Page updated year, month, and day are all wrong

2. When run on a server using PHP 5.1.6 it displays
   ©2003-2007
   
   Page Updated: 2007.12.08
   The copyright year is correct
   Page updated year, month, and day are all correct

The code:

[FONT="Courier New"]<?php
$fmty = "Y"; // year - YYYY
$fmtymd = "Y.m.d"; // date - YYYY.MM.DD
$begyr = 2003;
$endyr = date($fmty); // current year
$filename = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; // current file
$when = filemtime($filename); // time current file last modified
$last_modified = date($fmtymd,$when); // time current file last modified - formatted
$sp5 = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"; // spaces
echo "<span style='font-size:xx-small;'>";
echo("&copy;" . $begyr . "-" . $endyr); // copyright statement
echo $sp5; // spaces
echo(" Page Updated: " . $last_modified); // current file last modified
echo "</span>";

?>[/FONT]

What have I done wrong?
What is a better way to get the desired result, i.e., both date displays correct.

[NogDog]

$SERVER['PHP_SELF'] returns a web path, not full file system path. Try using $SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] where you assign a value to $filename.

[Weedpacket]

The current file's path is also available in the FILE constant.

[snorky]

See below posts.

[snorky]

NogDog wrote:

$SERVER['PHP_SELF'] returns a web path, not full file system path. Try using $SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] where you assign a value to $filename.

THAT is the solution in this case.

THX

[snorky]

Weedpacket wrote:

The current file's path is also available in the FILE constant.

The code above is a script that is included in another file.

In this context, FILE tells the script to get its own modified date.

Also in this context, $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] - from another answer to my post - tells the script to get the date of the file that the browser is reading - the page that calls the include file. That's what I need.

Reason: All of my pages use, as a footer, the above script. When viewed , the reader wants to know how long it has been since the page has been updated. The reader wants to know if the information is current, or middle-aged, or ancient.

The date the script was updated means nothing to the reader. In fact, it would be misleading.

OTOH, now I know another useful constant: FILE . No doubt, someday knowing that will save me a lot of time researching or reinventing the wheel.

Thanks for your help.