touch
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
touch — Sets access and modification time of file
Description
bool touch
( string $filename
[, int $time
[, int $atime
]] )
If the file does not exist, it will be created.
Parameters
-
filename
-
The name of the file being touched.
-
time
-
The touch time. If time
is not supplied,
the current system time is used.
-
atime
-
If present, the access time of the given filename is set to
the value of atime
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 touch() example
<?php
if (touch($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.