Determining file creation date?

[Matt Traxinger]

Is there a function that determines when a file was created? Like if I
wanted to return all the files created in the last month from a directory,
is there a way to do that? I've googled and googled but can't find what I'm
looking for. Thanks

[Ehtor]

Re: Determining file creation date?

"Matt Traxinger" <MattTrax@yahoo .com> wrote in
news:ck1n1b$fqh $1@news-int.gatech.edu:
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> Is there a function that determines when a file was created? Like if I
> wanted to return all the files created in the last month from a
> directory, is there a way to do that? I've googled and googled but
> can't find what I'm looking for. Thanks
>
>
>[/color]

The "stat" function will help you determine a file's timestamp; as will
"filemtime" .

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Determining file creation date?


Matt Traxinger wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there a function that determines when a file was created? Like if[/color]
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> wanted to return all the files created in the last month from a[/color]
directory,[color=blue]
> is there a way to do that? I've googled and googled but can't find[/color]
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> looking for. Thanks[/color]

Instead of google, use http://www.php.net/

It's the best PHP manual on the web.

For the answer to your question, see

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

Ken

[Alvaro G. Vicario]

Re: Determining file creation date?

*** Matt Traxinger escribió/wrote (Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:09:35 -0400):[color=blue]
> Is there a function that determines when a file was created? Like if I
> wanted to return all the files created in the last month from a directory,
> is there a way to do that? I've googled and googled but can't find what I'm
> looking for. Thanks[/color]

If it's a Linux server, stop searching: creation date is not stored in most
Unix file systems. For the available times:

fileatime -- Gets last access time of file
filectime -- Gets inode change time of file
filemtime -- Gets file modification time



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