From 53a3e044e176afa0b0f91cf17e78d6f2edf2ca0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Torben Wilson <torben@php.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:33:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Note that file_exists() only works on local files.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@18835 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/filesystem.xml | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions/filesystem.xml b/functions/filesystem.xml
index fa1fd0e380..e0ecf71221 100644
--- a/functions/filesystem.xml
+++ b/functions/filesystem.xml
@@ -602,17 +602,27 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
      <funcdef>int <function>file_exists</function></funcdef>
      <paramdef>string <parameter>filename</parameter></paramdef>
     </funcsynopsis>
+
     <simpara>
      Returns true if the file specified by
      <parameter>filename</parameter> exists; false otherwise.
     </simpara>
-    <para>
+
+    <simpara>
+     <function>file_exists</function> will not work on remote files;
+     the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's
+     filesystem.
+    </simpara>
+
+    <simpara>
      The results of this function are cached. See
      <function>clearstatcache</function> for more details.
-    </para>
+    </simpara>
+
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
+
   <refentry id="function.fileatime">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fileatime</refname>