To get last modified date of website  | Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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hi all,
I want to get the last modified date of a website,
but I am completely clueless how to do it.
Is any one got any idea how to do it..
thanx in advance....
| | Familiar Sight | | Join Date: Nov 2006
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Well a quick google revealed
echo date("m/d/Y",filemtime("filename.php"));
Format it how you like...
| | Familiar Sight | | Join Date: Nov 2006
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Or even better (I think) from the php manual
<?php
// outputs e.g. 'Last modified: March 04 1998 20:43:59.'
echo "Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
?>
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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thanx Beary,
but problem is not solved yet.
I wanna write a script which will generate the last modified date of any outside url say www.example.com etc.
your code will generate last modified date of current file only.
| | Familiar Sight | | Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rishidadhich thanx Beary,
but problem is not solved yet.
I wanna write a script which will generate the last modified date of any outside url say www.example.com etc.
your code will generate last modified date of current file only.
Aah. Sorry I didn't see that clearly. I found this page:
http://fundisom.com/phparadise/php/file_handling/remote_last_modified
which says it works. I tried it but the date kept saying January 1, 1970 for any file. But apparently it's exactly what you want. If I find something better I'll post. Otherwise, please let know that it works.
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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no its not working dear,
as you also noticed that its showing again and again January 1, 1970
b'coz its a unix timestamp, starting date of unix, so by default its showing that date.
yaa if u find anything please let me know..
thanx Quote:
Originally Posted by beary Aah. Sorry I didn't see that clearly. I found this page:
http://fundisom.com/phparadise/php/file_handling/remote_last_modified
which says it works. I tried it but the date kept saying January 1, 1970 for any file. But apparently it's exactly what you want. If I find something better I'll post. Otherwise, please let know that it works. | | Familiar Sight | | Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rishidadhich no its not working dear, dear????????????
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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ignore the words which u can't understand,
and try to be on the issue, which is how to get modified date of website.
well thanx for your efforts.
but i had solved the problem..
thanx again.
| | Familiar Sight | | Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rishidadhich ignore the words which u can't understand,
and try to be on the issue, which is how to get modified date of website.
well thanx for your efforts.
but i had solved the problem..
thanx again. So are you going to post your solution here? No-one else answered, which I assume means no-one else knew. Share the solution...
And by the way, perhaps next time you could leave the attitude at the door. You come to a forum to get help; stop acting like you're way above everyone else. I understood the words no problem; it was the tone that was off.
<mental note>ignore future posts from rishidadhich</mental note>
| | Lives Here | | Join Date: Sep 2006
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Now guys that will be enough of that for now. No need to ignore each other's posts. I'm sure we all never intend to offend anyone. Unfortunately it just happens sometimes and whenever we dicover it we should be able to take back our offenses.
Now about the scipt
[HTML]
Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
[/HTML]
I just wanted to know how one passes the name of the file to check the last modified date. I mean I understsood
[PHP] echo date("m/d/Y",filemtime("filename.php"));
[/PHP]
where I can see the filename passed as argument.
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by r035198x Now guys that will be enough of that for now. No need to ignore each other's posts. I'm sure we all never intend to offend anyone. Unfortunately it just happens sometimes and whenever we dicover it we should be able to take back our offenses.
Now about the scipt
[HTML]
Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
[/HTML]
I just wanted to know how one passes the name of the file to check the last modified date. I mean I understsood
[PHP] echo date("m/d/Y",filemtime("filename.php"));
[/PHP]
where I can see the filename passed as argument.
hi,
sorry if my words hurts any on.
ok leave it.........
now the code is..
[PHP]
$url = 'http://www.rediff.com/';
echo ("<pre>");
$a= (get_headers($url,1));
$c =$a['Last-Modified'];
echo ("<p>");
print_r ($c);
[/PHP]
It's just extracting last modified date from the header part.
If the website is not providing the last modified date then it wont work.
| | Lives Here | | Join Date: Sep 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rishidadhich hi,
sorry if my words hurts any on.
ok leave it.........
now the code is..
[PHP]
$url = 'http://www.rediff.com/';
echo ("<pre>");
$a= (get_headers($url,1));
$c =$a['Last-Modified'];
echo ("<p>");
print_r ($c);
[/PHP]
It's just extracting last modified date from the header part.
If the website is not providing the last modified date then it wont work. Thanks a lot. Handy script.
|  | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: here
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Thanks rishidadhich
It works if ['Last-Modified'] is within headers. I tested the script and found that 8 out of 10 times ['Last-Modified'] is not there. Any ideas anyone?
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: York, England, with wolves.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by r035198x [HTML]
Last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", getlastmod());
[/HTML]
I just wanted to know how one passes the name of the file to check the last modified date.
you don't pass any arguments with getlastmod Quote:
Originally Posted by php.net getlastmod( void ) It returns the last mod of the current file. i.e. the file that this function is present in.
regards
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Delhi, India
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zorgi  Thanks rishidadhich
It works if ['Last-Modified'] is within headers. I tested the script and found that 8 out of 10 times ['Last-Modified'] is not there. Any ideas anyone? Any idea about this. For me 10 out of 10 times ['Last-Modified'] is not there.
|  | Expert | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Moon, Dark Side
Posts: 1,094
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This is not possible to my knowledge. You send a request and the web server sends you a file. Those odd headers can't be counted on.
curious,
why do people want the modified date of remote websites?
what are you checking up on? How reliable is it when the website host moves or copies the file (without altering the contents) and the date is reset. The data the page gives you has not been "updated", even though if you were to get the new date.
Dan
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Delhi, India
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I have checked SEO posts where people say search engine spiders checks Last modified date header to know whether contents are updated or not. Even in tools like web ceo they have a field last updated. I never get this values for my sites.
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