Doc #66159 [Csd->Nab]: fileatime() only returns file creation date, not file accessed.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66159&edit=1 ID: 66159 Updated by: ab@php.net Reported by: webzuru at yahoo dot com Summary: fileatime() only returns file creation date, not file accessed. -Status: Closed +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: ab Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-01-05 23:42:48] ab@php.net That's obviously has nothing to do with PHP, but with the system settings and filesystem type. The relevant settings you can check with the commando fsutil behavior query DisableLastAccess Be sure it's set to 0, to change run cmd as admin and invoke fsutil behavior set DisableLastAccess 0 By default updating the atime was disabled in Vista AFAIR. Also note that the atime has 1 hour resolution on NTFS. Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-23 15:21:46] webzuru at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ fileatime() function is supposed to return 'last access time of the given file' however, in windows that is not the case. It only returns the date when the file was created. This may be related to windows file permission issue, which should be worth mentioning in the documentation. Test script: --------------- <?php /* * this only returns the date the file was created. */ var_dump(date('d', fileatime('foo.txt'))); //string '13' (length=2) Expected result: ---------------- I expect to see date in which the file was last accessed or modified. Actual result: -------------- 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66159&edit=1