Description
bool
file_exists ( string filename)
Returns TRUE if the file specified by
filename exists; FALSE otherwise.
This function will not work on remote files; the file to
be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.
The results of this function are cached. See
clearstatcache() for more details.
Using Windows shares:
On windows, use //computername/share/filename or
\\\\computername\share\filename to check files on
network shares.
Example 1. Testing whether a file exists <?php
$filename = '/path/to/foo.txt';
if (file_exists($filename)) {
print "The file $filename exists";
} else {
print "The file $filename does not exist";
}
?> |
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See also is_readable(), is_writable(),
is_file() and file().
