note 126976 added to function.file-exists

Wordpress always prepends the full URL to any file it stores in its database so, as noted elsewhere, file_exists() can't find the file since it uses the 'document root', not the URL. An easy way out of this is to use: file_exists (str_replace (home_url(), $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], $file) ) to check if file $file exists. Note: As from PHP8, 'DOCUMENT_ROOT' must be enclosed within SQUARE BRACKETS, not braces as suggested by ferodano at gmail dot com Or, if not using WP, replace home_url() above with the absolute URL name, eg. 'https://mywebsite.com' - within quotes and no trailing foreslash. ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 80.90.5.135 (proxied: 92.11.167.236) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/126976 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126976 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/126976 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php