Posted by Daniele Baroncelli on 11/04/70 11:41

>> Is it a lack of the PHP implementation, or a limitation of the HTTP
>> protocol?
>
> Not really - it's a security thing. In general, the server has no
> right/reason to know what time the user created the file, in the same
> way that the server has no right/reason to know what folder it was in
> on the user's computer, etc. Therefore, browsers don't send this info
> with a file upload.

So, I suppose it must be a limitation of the HTTP protocol.

Which is then the most feasible way to save the original file timestamp in
the database of my CMS system?

Is ActiveX the only way?
(would anyone give me any example of that?)


Cheers

Daniele

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