Re: using include_path with file_exists()

Michael, the include_path is available via ini_get("include_path"). One could split that path by ":", append the filename to each path and check with file_exists(), true. I'm not sure whether this wouldn't be more expensive than using fopen(,,1). Have to check that. Thanks for the idea, Ben Michael Dearman wrote: > > Hi Ben, > I thought maybe there was something like HTTP_SERVER_VARS["INCLUDE_PATH"], > but apparently not. > > Could you just define your own $GLOBALS["my_include_path"] = > and use that with file_exists()?? > > Mike D. > > Ben Peter wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > is there a decent way to check whether a file is available on the > > include_path? The only soultion I have found is > > > > if ( ( $fd = fopen( 'my_file', 'r', 1 ) ) ) { > > fclose( $fd ); > > /* ok, file is there */ > > } > > > > That one's not really nice, at it opens the file for reading. > > > > It would be best to have the include_path switch for file_exists, just > > as it works with fopen. > > > > Can someone better my workaround above? > > > > Cheers, > > Ben > >