file_exists not working

[EchoFool]

Hey i have a file_exists function that checks full urls to file locations but it does not work... my function is as below:

 

<?php
function imagecheck($Path){ 
If(file_exists($Path)){
return ($Path);
    }Else{
return ('http://www.mydomain.com/images/default.png');    
    }
}
?>

 

The url to the image is correct as i put the full url in my browser and it found the image but file_exists does not :S

In this situation my variable is

$Path = http://www.subdomain.mydomain.com/images/items/name.png;

can any one figure out why it won't work yet the file does exist as currently it returns the "default" image :S

[hitman6003]

The manual states that the stat functions are not supported for http/https locations.  This means that file_exists will not function.

 

http://www.php.net/file_exists (see the "Notes" section)

http://www.php.net/wrappers.http (see the "Wrapper Summary" section)