[mattdc2001]

Hi! I am trying to make a script that will check to see if a file exists on my local network.

PHP Manual says for file_exists(): On windows, use //computername/share/filename or \\computername\share\filename to check files on network shares.

So I came up with this:

PHP Code:

<?php

$file = "//Gobigmusic/SharedDocs/hello.txt";



if ( file_exists($file) ){

echo "I CAN SEE IT!!!!!";

} else {

echo "I can't see it yet.";

}

?>

It keeps telling me it can't see it

Any Ideas?

[mab]

Either check your web server log for errors or put the following two lines in after your first opening <?php tag to get PHP to tell you of any errors that it is detecting -

PHP Code:

ini_set ("display_errors", "1");

error_reporting(E_ALL); 

[mattdc2001]

I put in the two lines and I am receiving no errors.

[Nico]

I'm not sure if file_exists() would throw an error in any case. And if you try opening the file with fopen() in r mode?

[mattdc2001]

Hrm, that gives some more information to work with. I tried:

PHP Code:

<?php

ini_set ("display_errors", "1");

error_reporting(E_ALL); 



$file = "//Gobigmusic/SharedDocs/hello.txt";

fopen($file, "r");



?>

and got:
Warning: fopen(//Gobigmusic/SharedDocs/hello.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in E:\Websites\localwww\file.php on line 6

[Nico]

Are you able to access the file via "my network places"? Did you try using backslashes instead?

PHP Code:

$file = "\\\\Gobigmusic\\SharedDocs\\hello.txt"; 

[mattdc2001]

Originally Posted by Nico

Are you able to access the file via "my network places"? Did you try using backslashes instead?

I can access it through My Network Places just fine and I did try backslash and got the same error message.

[mattdc2001]

I just did a Map Network Drive to map \\Gobigmusic\SharedDocs to Z:\ and ran:

PHP Code:

<?php
ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL); 

$file = "Z:/hello.txt";
fopen($file, "r");

?>

and got:
Warning: fopen(Z:/hello.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\Websites\localwww\file.php on line 6

But it most defiantly is. Like I said, I can see it and open it in explorer just fine.

[mattdc2001]

I don't suppose anybody else has some idea or even another way to accomplish what I'm tying to do?

[soloWebDev]

PHP Code:

$myfile = "SharedDocs\hello.txt"; 

$file = "\\Gobigmusic\SharedDocs\hello.txt"; 

if (file_exists($file)){ 

echo "I CAN SEE IT!!!!!"; 

} else { 

echo "I can't see it yet."; 

} 

White space and your slashes were the wrong direction. give this a shot.
this worked for me $myfile (example above)
Also make sure if start to add variables to your url or page, to change the direction of the slashes. (example below)
foo\foo2/$bar/$bar2