Question

i can’t understand one thing. In code, for example:

$filePath = 'http://wwww.server.com/file.flv';

if( file_exist($filePath) )
{
  echo 'yes';
}
else
{
  echo 'no';
}

Why does script return ‘no’, but when i copy that link to the browser it downloads?

Answer 1

The file_exists() function is looking for a file or directory that exists from the point of view of the server’s file system. If http://www.server.com/ equates to /home/username/public_html/ then you need to make your code:

$filename = '/home/username/public_html/file.flv';
if(file_exists($filename))
{ 
 //true branch 
}
else
{
 //false brach
}

See http://php.net/file_exists for more info.