Question

Everything works fine when I try and do this.

echo date("F d, Y h:i:s A",filemtime("index.php"));

But when I try to run a code like this.

date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
$name = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; 
$name = basename("$name", "").PHP_EOL;
echo date("F d, Y h:i:s A",filemtime("$name"));

I get this garbage…

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for index.php in C:\xampp\htdocs\newsite  \footer.php on line 9
December 31, 1969 06:00:00 PM

I see no difference.

Answer 1

The difference is the PHP_EOL. Your filename index.php does not end in a linebreak. Try removing the PHP_EOL concatenation:

$name = basename("$name", "").PHP_EOL;

// Change to
$name = basename($name, "");

By the way, you do not need to surround your variables in double quotes.