#37318 [NEW]: is_file() and file_exist() do not return anything but false...

From: ryanericw at gmail dot com Operating system: WinXP PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related Bug description: is_file() and file_exist() do not return anything but false... Description: ------------ is_file and file_exists() bugged? Reproduce code: --------------- I am kind of a newbie at coding PHP, but I recently inserted the code //if(is_file("$main_link_files/$file")) if(file_exists("http://www.rfiles.com/rp/downloads/files/remo_test.zip")) { header("Location: $main_link_files/$file"); } else { include('inc/site_header.inc'); echo "Sorry, the file you have requested is either invalid or missing.<br> Please try again later or contact an administrator.<br>$main_link_files/$file"; } and all I end up being returned is false, leading me to the "Sorry, etc". I've tried, is_file() and file_exists(), and have ended up with the same result. Now, I'm not sure if this is a problem, but I am actually hosting the file off of my webspace, which is on another webserver, apart from the script, which is hosted on my server machine. I troubleshooted this for hours, and still come up with false, but yet the direct link works from the header if I remove the checks. I even made sure all the permissions are set to 777 in the CHMod file properties. Any help would be very appreciated. Thank You. Expected result: ---------------- True. Actual result: -------------- False. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37318&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37318&r=mysqlcfg