PHP

Get a Remote FTP File's Creation Time by Name

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetCreateTimeByNameStr method, which returns the creation time of a named item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is the filename.

Background: Creation time is the least commonly supported of the timestamps — many servers report only the modification time — so treat an empty or missing result as "not available" rather than an error. Where it is provided, it is useful precisely because it does not change when a file is edited.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Ftp2;

// Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetCreateTimeByNameStr method, which returns the creation time of a named
// item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string.  The only argument is the
// filename.

$ftp = new Ftp2();

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myFtpLogin';

// Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
// from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$ftp->Password = 'myPassword';

try {
    $ftp->Connect();

    $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('public_html');

    // Not all servers report a creation time.
    $createTime = $ftp->GetCreateTimeByNameStr('report.pdf');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'Created: ', $createTime, "\n";

try {
    $ftp->Disconnect();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}