# touch

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

touch — Sets access and modification time of file

### Description

bool touch ( string `$filename` [, int `$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`

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### 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";
}
?>`

### Notes

Warning

It is not currently possible to change the modification time of a directory with this function under Windows.