PYTHON touch

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Python replacement for PHP's touch [ edit | history ]

This example does not create the file if it does not exist, but is otherwise the same:

import os
os.utime(filename, None) # uses current time
os.utime(filename, (atime, mtime))

PHP touch

PHP original manual for touch [ show | php.net ]

touch

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

touch — Sets access and modification time of file

Description

bool touch ( string $filename [, int $time= time() [, int $atime ]] )

Attempts to set the access and modification times of the file named in the filename parameter to the value given in time . Note that the access time is always modified, regardless of the number of parameters.

If the file does not exist, it will be created.

Parameters

filename: The name of the file being touched.
time: The touch time. If time is not supplied, the current system time is used.
atime: If present, the access time of the given filename is set to the value of atime . Otherwise, it is set to time .

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.3.0	It became possible to change the modification time of a directory under Windows.

Examples

Example #1 touch() example


<?php
if (touch($FileName)) {
    echo "$FileName modification time has been changed to present time";
} else {
    echo "Sorry, could not change modification time of $FileName";
}
?>

Example #2 touch() using the time parameter


<?php
/* 
 * This is the touch time, we'll set it to one hour 
 * in the past.
 */
$time = time() - 3600;

/* Touch the file */
if(!touch('some_file.txt', $time))
{
    echo 'Whoops, something went wrong...';
}
else
{
    echo 'Touched file with success';
}
?>