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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>touch</refname>
  <refpurpose>Sets access and modification time of file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>touch</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>time</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>atime</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Attempts to set the access and modification times of the file named in the
   <parameter>filename</parameter> parameter to the value given in
   <parameter>time</parameter>. If <parameter>time</parameter>
   is not supplied, the current system time is used. If the third parameter,
   is present, the access time of the given
   filename is set to the value of <parameter>atime</parameter>.
   Note that the access time is always modified, regardless of the number
   of parameters.
  </para>
  <para>
   If the file does not exist, it will be created. &return.success;
  </para>
  <warning>
   <para>
    It is not currently possible to change the modification time of a
    directory with this function under Windows.
   </para>
  </warning>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>touch</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
if (touch($FileName)) {
    echo "$FileName modification time has been changed to present time";
} else {
    echo "Sorry, could not change modification time of $FileName";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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