touch
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
touch — Sets access and modification time of file
Description
$filename
[, int $time = time()
[, int $atime
]] ) : bool
Attempts to set the access and modification times of the file named in the
filename parameter to the value given in
time.
Note that the access time is always modified, regardless of the number
of parameters.
If the file does not exist, it will be created.
Parameters
-
filename -
The name of the file being touched.
-
time -
The touch time. If
timeis not supplied, the current system time is used. -
atime -
If present, the access time of the given filename is set to the value of
atime. Otherwise, it is set to the value passed to thetimeparameter. If neither are present, the current system time is used.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.0 | It became possible to change the modification time of a directory under Windows. |
Examples
Example #1 touch() example
<?php
if (touch($filename)) {
echo $filename . ' modification time has been changed to present time';
} else {
echo 'Sorry, could not change modification time of ' . $filename;
}
?>
Example #2 touch() using the time parameter
<?php
// This is the touch time, we'll set it to one hour in the past.
$time = time() - 3600;
// Touch the file
if (!touch('some_file.txt', $time)) {
echo 'Whoops, something went wrong...';
} else {
echo 'Touched file with success';
}
?>
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