Home » File System » File » Bug #7559

[2006-05-04 18:24 UTC] denny at php dot net

Description:
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The following method checks for a file's existence, taking the current include path into consideration.

Test script:
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/**
* Checks for a file's existence, taking the current include path into consideration
*
* This method can be called statically (e.g., File_Util::fileExists('config.php'))
*
* @param string $filename
* @param string $slash the directory separator (optional)
* @return false|string
* @access public
* @static
*/
function fileExists($filename, $slash = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
{
$includePath = ini_get('include_path');
if ($paths = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR, $includePath)) {
foreach ($paths as $path) {
$file = "$path$slash$filename";
if (file_exists($file)) {
return $file;
}
}
}
return false;
}