function file_exists not working in php
- by Rakesh R Nair
I have been trying to find if a file_exist in the directory. If not i want to use a different image. But as i am using the file_exists function it always returns false.
The code i used is
while($r=mysql_fetch_row($res))
{
if(!file_exists('http://localhost/dropbox/lib/admin/'.$r[5]))
{
$file='http://localhost/dropbox/lib/admin/images/noimage.gif';
}
else
$file='http://localhost/dropbox/lib/admin/'.$r[5];}
But the function always return false even if the file exits. I checked that by using
<img src="<?php echo 'http://localhost/dropbox/lib/admin/'.$r[5]; ?>" />
This displayed the image correctly.
Please Someone Help Me
