Is_file and file_exists, cant get either to work, have tried for 2 days!

[Clay Trainor]

Hi, i had a previous post about this topic, but the title wasnt appropriately named so someone who might know the solution, could've overlooked it, so after a couple days of no success, i thought i'd make this topic.

 

 

I have been trying to detect whether a picture exists or not, using either is_file or file_exists, and I always get a FALSE readback, saying it doesnt exist, even though it does.

 

this is my code

<?php
$filepath = "http://www.mysite.com/pictures/tvshowdvd/Lost.jpg";
if (is_file($filepath)) {
    $img = $filepath;
} else {
    $img = "http://www.digitaltechnews.com/photos/uncategorized/netflix.gif";
}
?>

 

im pretty sure the code is right, i've been checking it over for days, but i just cant seem to get the functions to work.

 

any help is much appreciated, thank you.

 

[genericnumber1]

I'm under the impression they only work for relative/absolute paths, not http.

[per1os]

is_file only works on the relative path.

 

IE: /www/home/username/images/file.jpg has to be used and cannot reference the virtual (http://) location.

[Barand]

PHP manual - is_file()

 

As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL wrappers.

[per1os]

The question is does he have PHP 5?

 

=) I bet he has PHP 4.x

 

 

[Clay Trainor]

The question is does he have PHP 5?

 

=) I bet he has PHP 4.x

 

 

hmm, this is possible

 

i should look into that.

 

thanks