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3.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ -->
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.file-exists">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>file_exists</refname>
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<refpurpose>Checks whether a file or directory exists</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1 role="description">
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&reftitle.description;
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<methodsynopsis>
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<type>bool</type><methodname>file_exists</methodname>
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<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
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</methodsynopsis>
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<para>
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Checks whether a file or directory exists.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="parameters">
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&reftitle.parameters;
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<para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Path to the file or directory.
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</para>
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<para>
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On windows, use <filename>//computername/share/filename</filename> or
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<filename>\\computername\share\filename</filename> to check files on
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network shares.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
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&reftitle.returnvalues;
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<para>
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Returns &true; if the file or directory specified by
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<parameter>filename</parameter> exists; &false; otherwise.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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This function will return &false; for symlinks pointing to non-existing
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files.
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</para>
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</note>
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<warning>
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<para>
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This function returns &false; for files inaccessible due to <link
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linkend="features.safe-mode">safe mode</link> restrictions. However these
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files still can be <link linkend="function.include">included</link> if
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they are located in <link
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linkend="ini.safe-mode-include-dir">safe_mode_include_dir</link>.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<note>
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<para>
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The check is done using the real UID/GID instead of the effective one.
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</para>
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</note>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="examples">
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&reftitle.examples;
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<para>
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<example>
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<title>Testing whether a file exists</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$filename = '/path/to/foo.txt';
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if (file_exists($filename)) {
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echo "The file $filename exists";
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} else {
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echo "The file $filename does not exist";
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}
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="notes">
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&reftitle.notes;
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¬e.clearstatcache;
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&tip.fopen-wrapper.stat;
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="seealso">
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&reftitle.seealso;
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<para>
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<simplelist>
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<member><function>is_readable</function></member>
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<member><function>is_writable</function></member>
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<member><function>is_file</function></member>
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<member><function>file</function></member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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sgml-indent-step:1
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sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
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End:
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vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
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vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
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