php get empty directory modification time?

Question

I can get directory modification time with recursive method (scandir), but if directory was empty or new empty directory was created by mkdir:

mkdir('newdir');
// how get 'newdir' modification time

I search similar posts and google pages but problem not solved

Answer 1

You are looking for filemtime:

echo date ('F d Y H:i:s', filemtime('newdir'));