note 50839 added to function.filemtime

i needed the ability to grab the mod time of an image on a remote site. the following is the solution with the help of Joe Ferris. <?php function filemtime_remote($uri) { $uri = parse_url($uri); $handle = @fsockopen($uri['host'],80); if(!$handle) return 0; fputs($handle,"GET $uri[path] HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: $uri[host]\r\n\r\n"); $result = 0; while(!feof($handle)) { $line = fgets($handle,1024); if(!trim($line)) break; $col = strpos($line,':'); if($col !== false) { $header = trim(substr($line,0,$col)); $value = trim(substr($line,$col+1)); if(strtolower($header) == 'last-modified') { $result = strtotime($value); break; } } } fclose($handle); return $result; } // echo filemtime_remote('http://www.somesite.com/someimage.jpg'); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filemtime.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+50839 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50839&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50839&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50839&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50839&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50839&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+50839&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php