Function to check if a file exists or not? (Like readfile() but no output)

[hatrickpatrick]

Does anyone know if there is a function to check whether a file exists or not? Something like readfile(), but which DOESNT actually output the file. I'm trying to write an upload script, so something like this:

if (@readfile("$filename"))
{
echo "This file exists already";
}
else
{
echo "This file does not exist";
}

 

Anyone know?

[plutomed]

file_exists();

[hatrickpatrick]

Ah. Never have thought of that, thanks 

 

Why DO they make function names so obscure and incomprehensible?

 

EDIT: Wait hang on, how could I get it to read a remote URL? like http://otherserver.com/file.php

[plutomed]

http://uk2.php.net/file_exists

 

Dunno. Have you tried putting it into the function?

 

I don't think you would be able to.....