Check whether file exists in PHP?

[Anon]

I want to be able to check whether a picture file exists on the web server, how would this be done in PHP?

Many thanks,

David.

[petrb]

$filename = "/etc/rtfm";
if(file_exists($filename))
echo $filename." exists\n";
else
echo $filename." does not exist\n";

--ph

[Anon]

Peter, thanks for your reply...

I'm now using file_exists, but I keep getting a parse error for the line containing the if statement. I've searched the archive and the syntax looks okay, can anyone see a problem?

$pathfile = "boat.jpg"
if (!file_exists($pathfile)) {
echo ("<IMG SRC=pics/nopic.jpg height=50 width=50></td>");
} else {
echo ("<IMG SRC=pics/river/boat.jpg Height=70 Width=70></td>");
};

[Anon]

$pathfile = "boat.jpg"

needs a semicolon.

--ph