is_file and file_exists not working

[ptbsG_Man]

Hello I am having some problems with these to functions
here it is

			<?
			if ($game == "HL") {
			$map = $gameinfo->serverinfo["map"];
			if (file_exists(getcwd()."/images/maps/Half-Life/" . $map . ".jpg")) {
					echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/Half-Life/" . $map . ".jpg\"></td>";
				}
				else {
					echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/Half-Life/map.jpg\" ></td>";
				}
			}
			?>

what it does is always return false and echo the "else" code now if i change $map in the if statment to a filename by hand it will work and echo the image out any ideas i know its not PHP because i use file_exists on the same server on the main page of my site
I also get the same problem if i use is_file

Thanks
Don Gordon

[batman]

Try this:

<? 
            if ($game == "HL") { 
            $map = $gameinfo->serverinfo["map"]; 
            if (file_exists(getcwd()."/images/maps/Half-Life/$map.jpg")) { 
                    echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/Half-Life/" . $map . ".jpg\"></td>"; 
                } 
                else { 
                    echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/Half-Life/map.jpg\" ></td>"; 
                } 
            } 
            ?>

See if that works.

[ptbsG_Man]

nope still doing it

[batman]

Try this:

<?  

$dir = getcwd();            

if ($game == "HL") {  

            $map = $gameinfo->serverinfo["map"];  

            if (file_exists($dir/images/maps/Half-Life/$map.jpg")) {  

                    echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/Half-Life/$map.jpg\"></td>";  

                }  

                else {  

                    echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/Half-Life/map.jpg\" ></td>";  

                }  

            }  

            ?>

[HalfaBee]

Why not just use
"./images/maps/Half-Life/$map.jpg"

are you sure the images dir is in the current dir?

HalfaBee

[philipolson]

99.9% chance that the problem is $map not containing the value you expect it to be. So, print your line that uses it:

<?php 
echo getcwd()."/images/maps/Half-Life/" . $map . ".jpg";
?>

And compare it to what you use when it works.

On an unrelated note, consider using 'single quotes' so you don't have to needlessly escape all the " with .

[ptbsG_Man]

Still not working i Dont get this

i am now using this code

			if ($game == "HL") {
				chdir("C:/home/clan/images/maps/HL/");
				$file = $gameinfo->serverinfo['map'];
				$file .= ".jpg";
				if (is_file($file)) {
					echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/HL/$file\"></td>";
				}
				else {
					echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/HL/map.jpg\" ></td>";
				}
			}

that still outputs the same thing i guess i should mention the path to this file

C:/home/clan/ - file
C:/home/clan/images/maps/HL/ - images

also i have tried the echo thing and i can copy the output and put it in explorer and it will open the image

Thank You

[HalfaBee]

Your on a Windoze host, you have to use \ instead of /.
If your string is in " use \ if your string is in ' use .

HalfaBee

[ptbsG_Man]

I have tried that and i should metion that i have never needed to use \ on windows maby on windows 98 or ME but 2000 and XP i have always been able to us /

[ptbsG_Man]

Got it working. I guess there was something at the end of the string because i notices that when i was trying to use fopne("stuff". $map .".jpg") i would get the error cant find stuff/2fort with no ext so out a trim in and it worked

			if ($game == "HL") {
				if (is_file("./images/maps/HL/" . trim($gameinfo->serverinfo['map']) . ".jpg")) { //fopen($map, "r")
					echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/HL/" . trim($gameinfo->serverinfo['map']) . ".jpg\"></td>";
				}
				else {
					echo "<td rowspan=\"5\"><img src=\"images/maps/HL/map.jpg\" ></td>";
				}
			}