Multiple file_exisits

[johnskywalker99]

Hello
Just a quick question is there a way of checking for multiple files using:

if (file_exists($file1)) {
}

without having to:

if (file_exists($file1)) {
if (file_exists($file2)) {
if (file_exists($file3)) {
}}}

Can you help, if you have a problem, and no one else can help, and if you can find them post in the forums (needless A-team quote-I'm so tired!)

CheersJohn

[stuartc1]

what about trying this:

if (file_exists($file1) && file_exists($file2) && file_exists($file3)) {
}

[liljim]

$file_list = array(
 "/path/to/file1.php", "/path/to/file2.php", 
 "/path/to/file3.php", "/path/to/file4.php", 
 "/path/to/file5.php", "/path/to/file6.php"
 ); // etc.

for($i=0; $i<count($file_list); $i++)
{
  if(file_exists($file_list[$i]))
  {
     // File $i ($file_list[$i]) exists. Do what you wanna do.
  }
}

You could do something similar by opening up a directory and reading the contents, or getting the list of files from a database query.

[johnskywalker99]

Hello People
I'm looking at the two resolutions posted to my message and working with them...I'll keep this thread posted. Many thanks for the time and interest!

🙂 Cheers john

[johnskywalker99]

Hello
Both code snippets achieved what I was after...tho I've implimented:

<? if (file_exists($status1) && file_exists($status2) && file_exists($status3)) { ?> 

mainly so when I come back to the code in 6 months I know what I did!!

Cheers Again!

John