file exists issue

[rakennedy75]

I am using the built in function file_exist

its not working, here is my code..

$filename = $myPath.$myFile.".jpg";

if($file_exists($filename))
{
    $src = $filename;
} else {
    $src  = $defPath;
}
...
echo "<td><img src=' " . $src . " ' ... ></td>";
...

the file path is correct because when I drop the variable filename into the image src it pulls the images but when i use the above code all the images use the defPath as stated in my else statement.

the variable defPath is just a path to a default image in case the image doesn't exist.

I am using this in a loop but for sake brevity I just posted the above code.

thanks for you time.

[dnszero]

You have a typo in your if expr. You need to remove
the $ from infront of the function name, like this:

...
if(file_exists($filename))
...

[rakennedy75]

actually that was an error that I made when typing the code on to here.
the actual code was:

if (file_exists($filename))
{
   $src = $filename;
} else {
   $src = $defPath;
}

this still doesn't work