Re: file_exists with remote file???

From: Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 03:25:22 +0000
Subject: Re: file_exists with remote file???
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:20:01AM -0300, Paulo - Bruc Internet wrote: > Can anyone help me? > > The sintax of function file_exists is: > > if(file_exists("ttttt.txt")) > { > print... > } > > Does anybody knows how can work with remote files? > This is not working: > if(file_exists("http://www.ttttttt.com/ttttt.txt")) > { > print... > } > > Thanks for any help, > > Paulo Roberto Ens - Brazil > Bruc Sistemas para Internet Ltda > mailto:paulo@bruc.com.br > http://www.bruc.com.br > ------------------------------------ > Diversão ou Cultura? CuritibaWeb.com - O Melhor Guia de Curitiba! > http://www.curitibaweb.com From the manual.. file_exists() will not work on remote files; the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem. Try something like this instead: if (($fd = fopen ("http://url/file.ext", "r"))) { print... }

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