Definition and usage
The filectime() function returns the last modification time of the specified file.
This function will check the file for daily modifications and inode modifications. Inode modification refers to: modification of permissions, modification of owner, modification of user group or modification of other metadata.
If successful, the function returns the last modification time of the file as a Unix timestamp. On failure, returns FALSE.
Grammar
filectime(filename)
Parameter Description
filename required. Specifies the documents to be checked.
Tips and Notes
Note: The results of this function will be cached. Please use clearstatcache() to clear the cache.
Tip: Use the filemtime() function to return the time when the file contents were last modified.