Re: The proposal about checking existence of directory in PHP. "dir_exists" function

From: Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:10:41 +0000
Subject: Re: The proposal about checking existence of directory in PHP. "dir_exists" function
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2011/8/1 Richard Quadling <rquadling@gmail.com>: > On 1 August 2011 01:12, Valeh Hajiyev <valeh.hajiyev@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, PHP developers. I have a proposal for PHP. The proposal is about >> checking existence of directory in PHP. >> I noticed that it's hard to write function or any if control for >> checking existence of directory for beginner php programmers. So I >> suggest to use "dir_exists" function for this in next updates of PHP. >> Best regards, Valeh Hajiyev. > > Whilst the name may be misunderstood, file_exists() does the trick just fine. > > "Checks whether a file or directory exists > > http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php What about is_dir()? Returns TRUE if the filename exists and is a directory, FALSE otherwise. > -- > Richard Quadling > Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc > @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea > > -- > PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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