Code to get File Date Info at Display Time

[jmiller121]

Hi,

Due the size of my files, I upload them via FTP, updating them every several weeks. However, PhocaDownload does not automatically update the File Date when a new version of an existing file is uploaded. I would like to have PhocaDownload check the File Date at display time, similar to what it does with the file size. Does anyone have example/sample code of how this would be done?

Thanks for your help!
JMiller

[Jan]

Hi, there is no such feature, added into a feature request list.

[jmiller121]

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the reply...

I've sort of found a way to do what I want it to do using the filemtime function...

In the /components/com_phocadownload/views/category/tmpl/default.php file, I changed the lines that say this:

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if ($valueDoc->date != '') {
	$details .= '<div>'.JText::_('File Date').': '.JHTML::Date($valueDoc->date, "%B %d, %Y").'</div>';
}

to this:

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if ($valueDoc->filename !='') {
	$absFile = str_replace('/', DS, JPath::clean($this->absfilepath . $valueDoc->filename));
	if (JFile::exists($absFile))
	{
		$details .= '<div>'.JText::_('Last Updated').': '.JHTML::Date(filemtime($absFile), "%B %d, %Y").'</div>';
	} else {
		$details .= '<div>'.JText::_('File Date').': '.JHTML::Date($valueDoc->date, "%B %d, %Y").'</div>';
	}
}

It works for me, hopefully this code will be somewhat helpful to others...

Regards,
JMiller

[Jan]

Thank you for this info.

Jan