file_exists () problem

[glenelkins]

Hi

 

Lets assume we have a folder structure as follows:

 

public_html

->> index.html

-->> test

---->> file_exists.php

 

the following code tells me if the file exists or not

if ( file_exists ( "../index.html" ) ) {

}

 

but if i use one of the following it says the file does not exist

if ( file_exists ( "/index.html" ) ) {
  echo "YES";
}

if ( file_exists ( "http://www.website.com/index.html" ) ) {
  echo "YES";
}

 

Any ideas? This is really annoying

[Asheeown]

Use complete directory address', for example: /home/test/public_html/index.html

 

Try that and if that works then either the directory your script in isn't the folder above index.html or you require to use a full directory address

[glenelkins]

well it usually doesnt do this. Even on windows it still does it?

 

This is to enable video downloads on remote servers, it checks the file exists first for example

 

file_exists ( "http://www.site.com/videos/video.wmv" );

 

now im not sure at all why its not working, because I can open file content like this

 

file ( "http://www.site.com/videos/video.wmv" ); obviously the output from a video file is a load of garbage but you see what im saying?

[Asheeown]

You cannot check if a remote file exsists from an http url, you either need to be FTPed to the machine or the file needs to be on your machine.

[glenelkins]

mmm, I suppose thats pretty much true, but it still does not explain why

 

file_exists ( "../filename" ); works but "/filename"  does not, considering the video file is embedded in the page content with SRC="/filename"