[SOLVED] File Exists On Another Server

[The Little Guy]

What would be the best way to check if a file exists on another server?

[MadTechie]

What would be the best way to check if a file exists on another server?

1.go to the server and check

2.Login on to that server and check

3.ask someone near the server to check

4. http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,257619.msg1212590.html#msg1212590

[The Little Guy]

I figured it out:

 

if(@fopen($todb,"r")){
     // file exists
}else{
     // file doesn't exist
}

[MadTechie]

Clicking solved helps

as a note your need allow_url_fopen enabled for that to work!

[trq]

file_existswill work also providing allow_url_fopen is enabled.

[The Little Guy]

How come, if I try to do an fopen on this:

http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Fitness/

 

I get this:

Warning: fopen(http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Fitness/): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in C:\php_files\curl\mp3.php on line 51

 

But when I open the URL in my browser it works?

[The Little Guy]

file_existswill work also providing allow_url_fopen is enabled.

 

If I do a file_exists, I get false...

 

I also have this at the top of my php file:

ini_set(allow_url_fopen, TRUE);

[MadTechie]

Have you tried all the suggestions ?

i know at least 1 of them will work

[The Little Guy]

Yes I tried them all

 

I am using php as "Other CGI" so I can run it from the command line...

 

allow_url_fopen => On => On

 

if I do: ini_get('allow_url_fopen');

 

It displays "1"

 

but still doesn't work...

[MadTechie]

Well that's a shame because it works here with that URL.

[The Little Guy]

Got it!

 

it was because I was parsing a URL that had a new line at the end of it!