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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

$success = 0;

//  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 COM("Chilkat.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';

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('public_html');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Not all servers report a creation time.
$createTime = $ftp->getCreateTimeByNameStr('report.pdf');
if ($ftp->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Created: ' . $createTime . "\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>