Get the Directory Last-Updated Date n display in webpage

coolseth · Jun 3, 2003

Hey all...

I want to know if there is possible solution for the thing I want to do (if there is any) [ponder]

I usually upload a couple of folders (with some files in them) to my web directory and I usually edit my page n save it again so that the script language I use will display the "Last Updated on" of my web page.

What I want to do is to get the information on the date that web directory is last updated (i.e the last time I uploaded the files/folders) and display it to my webpage without having to edit (n save) my web page which I am doing right now (i.e Javascript etc)

Is there easy way for doing it? or do I have to it old fashion way using the script. Any suggestion is welcomed

thanks...

Quasibobo · Jun 4, 2003

A simple script:

<html>
<script language="Javascript">
function mod(){
document.write(document.lastModified);
}
</script>
<body onload="mod()">
</body>
</html>

Don't eat yellow snow!

dillpick6 · Jun 5, 2003

From what I gather, it seems you use a web based service to host your site, and you dont have your own server? With this type of service, I dont know if the provider gives you the rights to get that kind of information, but I could be completely wrong. I am pretty sure though, if you have your ran your own server, that would be cake to find out (especially in linux....

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coolseth · Jun 5, 2003

thanks for your replies...

quasibobo: does ur script work to display the last-updated info for the directory/folder in other folder?? i tried it on my web page...but it only display the last-updated date for my page

dillpick6: looks like you have what i want there...i can access it to upload my files (sure i dont own the server myself, but does it mean i have access to my server) but since i do not know much about technical details of this stuff...i would be glad if you can give me some information on how to do it, such as:
- how to get the infomation from the server (with my FTP software i can see info on "Date Modified" for all of my files)
- do i need specific code (program) in specific language to get that information (some examples will help)
- how to automatically display that information on my web page without having to update my web page code

thanks again...

ChrisHunt · Jun 6, 2003

If you're able to write CGI programs on your server, it'd be pretty straightforward to write a script in, say, perl to do what you want. You could then access it through a SSI.

However, I don't think there's a way to do it from the client - webservers tend to be configured to to give out directory information.

-- Chris Hunt
Extra Connections Ltd

http://www.extracon.com

coolseth · Jun 9, 2003

hey guys...

thank you for your generous responds...i finally able to solve the problem using PHP. here is the code i use:

<?php
$getLastModDir = filemtime("path/to/directory_name/.&quot

;
print ("As of " . date("F d, Y H:i:s A", $getLastModDir));
?>

where the dot at the end of the directory's path to treat the directory as a file

hope it can be useful for u guys...

for more information on that you might want to go to this site:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filemtime.php

seth

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Get the Directory Last-Updated Date n display in webpage

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