Doc #64881 [NEW]: It's unclear how getlastmod is affected by includes/requires

From: dean at omnivisiontechnology dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:It's unclear how getlastmod is affected by includes/requires Description: ------------ It isn't clear from the manual page whether getlastmod() only checks the modification date of the main script file, or whether it takes into account modification dates of all include/require files also. Actually there are two issues: (1) If I use getlastmod() inside an include file, does it report the modification date of the include file, or of the main including script? (2) If I use getlastmod() inside a script that uses INCLUDE or REQUIRE to inline other files, and at least one of these has been modified more recently than the main including script, will this more recent modification date be returned by getlastmod()? If the answer to (2) is NO, then perhaps there should be an extension to getlastmod() (a boolean argument perhaps) or else a separate function that DOES work this way? A lot of webpages for example, are constructed by INCLUDE-ing a header and footer around the main content of the page; the reported modification date of the page should reflect a modification to any of these. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64881&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64881&r=mysqlcfg