Re: Problem with Filesystem Functions

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 09:07 -0400, Andrew Burgess wrote: > > I hope this isn't too basic of a question . . . > > I'm having a problem with the Filesystem Functions, I think. > Specifically, I'm recursing through a directory, and have this code: > > $size = filesize($file); > $type = filetype($file); > $date = filemtime($file); > > I'm getting these warnings: > > Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for > AudioJungle.jpg in C:\wamp\www\file_explorer\index.php on line 33 > Warning: filetype() [function.filetype]: Lstat failed for > AudioJungle.jpg in C:\wamp\www\file_explorer\index.php on line 34 > Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for > AudioJungle.jpg in C:\wamp\www\file_explorer\index.php on line 35 > > These warning display for every file in the directory; however . and > .. have no trouble. I've googled around and searched for probably > 45min without coming up with a solution. Any help would be > appreciated! > > TIA! > > > Two things spring to mind. Firstly, what size are your files? I had problems reading info on > files over 3GB on a 32-bit PHP install, as there's a problem with the number storage that > leaves all the values read as 0. > > Second thing, are the values you're passing to these functions what you think they are? > While the directory browsing functions might be functioning from a relative pointer, the calls to > filesize() etc might need values relative to the PHP script itself, or failing that, absolute path > values. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > Thanks, Ashley! Turns out, the relative paths were wrong; changing $file to $dir . '/' . $file worked fine. Andrew