Is there a way to see the time that a php page was requested from the server?

[kevinritt]

Is there a function or other code that can be placed on a page and show when a particular page was requested?

 

Thanks

[Prismatic]

<?php
echo time();
?>

 

This will output a unix timestamp of the current time, you can format it with date()

[WolfRage]

A much better way howeverwould be to use the prebuilt variable.

<?php
echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'];
?>

[Prismatic]

A much better way howeverwould be to use the prebuilt variable.

<?php
echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'];
?>

 

Never trust $_SERVER.

[WolfRage]

Ahh Negative, yes trust $_SERVER. Never trust certian strings provided to the sever from the user such as thier user agent or IP address. As stated by the PHP maual the entries in this array are created by the serve it's self, If the server provides the information and it is not gathered from a outside source is it reliable. After all if you can not trust your server, what can you trust. One more point compare time to the REQUEST_TIME, which comes first? Ahh and you see you are causing undue overhead, by calling a function that has already been set up for you.