php filemtime in a loop at CLI on Windows doesn't get updates

Question

I have a loop

while (true) {
    $time = filemtime($file);
    echo date("Y m d H i s", $time) . PHP_EOL;
    sleep(3);
}

Then I change the file, and PHP doesn't see modification unless I restart the loop. After restart, PHP shows new mod date. How can I overcome this?

See note #2: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filemtime.php#refsect1-function.filemtime-notes — Sammitch, Mar 26 '20 at 00:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '20 at 00:51

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Use clearstatcache() to clear chached vale for that file.

answered Mar 26 '20 at 00:51

mevsme

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