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touch

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

touch — Sets access and modification time of file

Description

bool touch ( string $filename [, int $time [, int $atime ]] )

Attempts to set the access and modification times of the file named in the filename parameter to the value given in time . Note that the access time is always modified, regardless of the number of parameters.

If the file does not exist, it will be created.

Parameters

filename

The name of the file being touched.

time

The touch time. If time is not supplied, the current system time is used.

atime

If present, the access time of the given filename is set to the value of atime

Return values

Palauttaa TRUE onnistuessaan, muutoin FALSE.

Examples

Example#1 touch() example

<?php
if (touch($FileName)) {
    echo 
"$FileName modification time has been changed to present time";
} else {
    echo 
"Sorry, could not change modification time of $FileName";
}
?>

Notes

Warning

It is not currently possible to change the modification time of a directory with this function under Windows.