(PHP ActiveX) Get the Last-Modified Date/Time for one File by Name

Demonstrates how to get the last-modified date/time for a file on the FTP server by specifying the remote file path.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Ftp2')
$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myLogin';
$ftp->Password = 'myPassword';
// Use explicit TLS
$ftp->AuthTls = 1;
$ftp->Port = 21;

// For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
$ftp->KeepSessionLog = 1;

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('AAWorkarea');

// Get the last-modified date/time information for the file "package.tgz"
// dt is a Chilkat.CkDateTime
$dt = $ftp->GetLastModDtByName('package.tgz');
if ($ftp->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $dt->getAsTimestamp(0) . "\n";

// Show the session log so we can see the details of the date/time information sent by the server.
// This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
// than others.

print '---- Session Log ----' . "\n";
print $ftp->SessionLog . "\n";

$ftp->Disconnect();

?>