The DirectoryIterator::getMTime() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to returns the last modification time of the current DirectoryIterator item.
Syntax:
int DirectoryIterator::getMTime( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the last modification time of the file in Unix timestamp format.
Below programs illustrate the DirectoryIterator::getMTime() function in PHP:
Program 1:
php
<?php // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname( __FILE__ ));
// Loop runs while directory is valid while ( $directory ->valid()) {
// Check it is directory or not
if ( $directory ->isDir()) {
$file = $directory ->current();
// Display the filename and last modified time
echo $file ->getFilename() . " | MTime: "
. $directory ->getMTime() . "<br>" ;
}
// Move to the next element of directory
$directory ->next();
} ?> |
Output:
. | MTime: 1574616421 .. | MTime: 1574540515 dashboard | MTime: 1574350724 img | MTime: 1574350724 webalizer | MTime: 1574350718 xampp | MTime: 1574350724
Program 2:
php
<?php // Create a directory Iterator $directory = new DirectoryIterator(dirname( __FILE__ ));
// Loop runs for each element of directory foreach ( $directory as $dir ) {
// Store the current element of directory
$file = $directory ->current();
// Display the key, filename and last modified time
echo $dir ->key() . " => " .
$file ->getFilename() . " | MTime: " .
$dir ->getMTime() . "<br>" ;
} ?> |
Output:
0 => . | MTime: 1574616421 1 => .. | MTime: 1574540515 2 => applications.html | MTime: 1566914572 3 => bitnami.css | MTime: 1566914572 4 => dashboard | MTime: 1574350724 5 => favicon.ico | MTime: 1437060752 6 => geeks.PNG | MTime: 1573806007 7 => gfg.php | MTime: 1574653649 8 => img | MTime: 1574350724 9 => index.php | MTime: 1437060752 10 => webalizer | MTime: 1574350718 11 => xampp | MTime: 1574350724
Note: The output of this function depends on the content of server folder.