#37318 [Opn->Bgs]: is_file() and file_exist() do not return anything but false...

ID: 37318 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: ryanericw at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: WinXP PHP Version: 4.4.2 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-05 06:57:17] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com I kindly suggest you use a support channel next time. this is not a bug. if you read this http://php.net/manual/en/wrappers.http.php you will notice that the http:// wrapper do not support stat() functionality, required for file_exists or is_file to work on http/https that's the reason why it is returning false, AFAIK it will only work with FTP and a few others , but in PHP5, not 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-05 00:29:08] ryanericw at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37318&edit=1