Re: Is there a way to test for a file?
| From: | Andy Woolley | Date: | Tue, 08 Oct 2002 15:16:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is there a way to test for a file? | ||
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> I'd like PHP to check to see if the image/picture.jpg exists before
> returning the picture. Is this possible?
Yup - It's in the manual.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php
Cheers
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Coning" <lists@coning.com>
To: <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: [PHP] Is there a way to test for a file?
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a PHP newbie and wanted to know if there is a way to test for a file.
> The reason I'd like to do this is because I'm writing a query to return
> items from a catalog. However, if the client hasn't uploaded a picture or
> if the picture is misteriously missing from the image folder, instead of
> returning the product with the infamous missing jpeg picture, I would
rather
> the product be skipped altogether.
>
> I'd like PHP to check to see if the image/picture.jpg exists before
> returning the picture. Is this possible?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Doug Coning
> American Web Studio
> www.americanwebstudio.com
>
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