(PHP ActiveX) SFTP Get File Date/Times in Different Formats

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Demonstrates how to get remote file date/times in different formats.

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 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.SFtp')
$sftp = new COM("Chilkat.SFtp");

// Connect to the SSH server.  
$hostname = 'my-sftp-server.com';
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Authenticate with the SSH server. 
$success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
$success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Open a directory on the server...
// This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
$handle = $sftp->openDir('junk');
if ($sftp->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download the directory listing:
// dirListing is a Chilkat.SFtpDir
$dirListing = $sftp->ReadDir($handle);
if ($sftp->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Close the directory handle
$success = $sftp->CloseHandle($handle);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Iterate over the files.
// Examine each filename and indicate those that match *FICHERO*.pdf
// (i.e. the filename contains the word "FICHERO" and ends in ".pdf")
$i = 0;
$n = $dirListing->NumFilesAndDirs;
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbFilename = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$caseSensitive = 0;
$bLocalDateTime = 0;
while ($i < $n) {
    // fileObj is a Chilkat.SFtpFile
    $fileObj = $dirListing->GetFileObject($i);
    print $fileObj->Filename . "\n";

    // Get the last-modified date/time
    // dt is a Chilkat.CkDateTime
    $dt = $fileObj->GetLastModifiedDt();

    // Get the date/time in any format offered by the CkDateTime object.

    // such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
    print 'RFC822 format: ' . $dt->getAsRfc822($bLocalDateTime) . "\n";

    // such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
    print 'Timestamp: ' . $dt->getAsTimestamp($bLocalDateTime) . "\n";

    // Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
    print 'RFC822 format: ' . $dt->getAsIso8601('MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss',$bLocalDateTime) . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>