(PHP ActiveX) Get Last Modified Date/Time of Files in a Remote Directory

Gets the last-modified date/times of files in a remote FTP directory.

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;
}

// Iterate over .txt files.
$ftp->ListPattern = '*.txt';
$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
print 'n = ' . $n . "\n";

$i = 0;
while ($i < $n) {
    // Get the last-modified date/time as a CkDateTime object.
    // dt is a Chilkat.CkDateTime
    $dt = $ftp->GetLastModDt($i);
    print $i . ': ' . $ftp->getFilename($i) . ', ' . $dt->getAsTimestamp(0) . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Show the session log so we can see the details of the FTP directory listing 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();

?>