How to Get the most recent file date using PHP

[Tony]

When you need that most recent update date. You can use this script to get the most recent file date in a given directory. To use current directory, use "./" as the directory name.

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<?PHP 
$path = "./";  // put the directory path here 
foreach (glob($path) as $filename) if (filemtime($filename) >= $recentDate) $recentDate = filemtime($filename);  
$recentDate = date(" F d, Y",$recentDate);   
echo $recentDate; 
?>