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Bug #19784 file_exists doesn't work
Submitted: 2002-10-06 14:59 UTC Modified: 2002-10-22 01:00 UTC
Votes:8
Avg. Score:4.4 ± 0.9
Reproduced:6 of 6 (100.0%)
Same Version:4 (66.7%)
Same OS:5 (83.3%)
From: m dot martinello at iol dot it Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: Linux 2.4.18
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-10-06 14:59 UTC] m dot martinello at iol dot it 
I am using php 4.2.3 with httpd 2.0.43.
The functions file_exists, is_file and file_size doesn't work at all.
file_exists("file.txt"); gives me "false" even if the file "file.txt" exists in the same directory of the script containing that function.
If I use the full path of "file.txt", file_exists("/full/path/to/file.txt"); gives me "true" and works well.

How to solve this problem? I can't use the full path in the scripts.

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 [2002-10-06 14:59 UTC] derick@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip
 [2002-10-22 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over 2 weeks, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 [2006-06-26 15:37 UTC] mrueegg at metaworx dot ch 
as to my experiance file_exists uses the current working directory [getcwd()] for relative path's and not the directory the script is in.

tested in v5.1.4 and 5.2-dev (26-Jun-2006 16:19)
 
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