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mhopkins321
mhopkins321

Reputation: 3073

Get original created date of PDF from URL

I am working with the pdf at the end of this URL

https://www2.blackrock.com/webcore/litService/search/getDocument.seam?venue=PUB_INS&source=CONTENT&serviceName=PublicServiceView&ContentID=51648

By viewing it, we can see that it's the 12/31/2012 edition. Is there a way that I can get some timestamp data on the pdf itself? Upload date, created date, modified date, anything in that ballpark?

I have tried the following and both return 12/31/1969

$pdfURL = 'https://www2.blackrock.com/webcore/litService/search/getDocument.seam?venue=PUB_INS&source=CONTENT&serviceName=PublicServiceView&ContentID=51648';
$rawPDF = file_get_contents($pdfURL);
echo date("F d Y H:i:s.", filemtime($pdfURL));

-AND-

echo date("F d Y H:i:s.", filemtime($rawPDF));

I have also tried

$headerArray = array();
$headerArray = get_headers($pdfURL, 1);
echo "<PRE>";
var_dump($headerArray);
echo "</PRE>";

However Last-Modified doesn't exist in the header array

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2453

Answers (1)

Kitet
Kitet

Reputation: 883

I answered previously and because i provided only a link, moderator deleted my answer and converted to a comment. Let's try now with more complete answer based on our comments:

From what I have analyzed, the HTTP header for a given link contains Last-modified field. But only if a link is directly to a file. However when you see that a link is the sort of somepage.pgp?file=file.pdf kind, Last-modified won't be there. In the first case, php function get_headers() can be used, to read the field in question. I the latter case I'm afraid i cannot help you.

Upvotes: 2

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