is_readable problem

freegospelmusic

I am trying to use is_readable like this:

If (is_readable($midiFile)) {
    echo '
    <font size="3">
    <a href="'.$midiFile.'">play music</a><br />
    </font>
    ';
}

Something is wrong with this code, though. It never is true so my echo never works. If I remove the conditional statement, like this

// If (is_readable($midiFile)) {
echo '
<font size="3">
<a href="'.$midiFile.'">play music</a><br />
</font>
';
// }

my link appears on the web site. If I click the link, I play the file, so I know that it's readable. The link works. Yet, when I put on the conditional statement as it appears above, it doesn't pring my link. Can anyone see why this is happening?

Thanks in advance,

mithril

is_readable() requires the full filepath, not just the path relative to the webserver root. Give it the full path and it should be happy.

  if (is_readable($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].$midiFile)) {

-geoff

freegospelmusic

I am trying to do this, but I get a parse error when I try it.

Geoff A. Virgo wrote:

is_readable() requires the full filepath, not just the path relative to the webserver root. Give it the full path and it should be happy.

  if (is_readable($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].$midiFile)) {

-geoff

I have tried to print or echo ($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]) and I get a parse error. I must not be understanding this. Here is exactly what it prints to my web page

Parse error: parse error in /home/fgm/freegospelmusic-www/Extralinks.php3 on line 41
HTTP_SERVER_VARS

Bob

freegospelmusic

OK, I found the answer to the full file path from the good folks who host my web site. Once I got that information, it was a breeze.

Thanks Geoff

Bob