fileatime

Definition and usage

fileatime() function returns the last access time of the specified file.

This function returns the last time the file was accessed. If an error occurs, it returns false. Time is returned as a Unix timestamp.

Example

 <?php
echo fileatime ( "test.txt" ) ;
echo "Last access: " . date ( "F d YH:i:s." , fileatime ( "test.txt" ) ) ;
?>

Output:

 1140684501
Last access: February 23 2006 09:48:21.

grammar

 fileatime ( filename )