more than 1 "if file exists" confusion

forcer

i have a guestbook that checks if footer.php exists... if it does it will continue and display the html code... if it doesnt it will say footer does not exists.

<?php

if (file_exists("footer.php")){

?>
<html>
html code is here
</html>
<?php
	} else {
		print "footer.php does not exist";
	}
?>

that code works perfect

i also have a code that checks if the data file exists.

<?php
	if (file_exists("data.txt")){
                 "do something";
	} else {
               print "data.txt does not exist";
?>

both codes work fine but i want to be able to use them both together

i have totally confused myself wen doing this..

but basically i want it to check first if the footer exists... if the footer does exist then check if the data file exists. if the footer doesnt exist print the error. and if the footer exists but the daya doesnt then print error saying data file does not exist

not even sure if thats correct what i have said as i have confused myself

lol

help appreciated

eoghain

Well you could do this:

if (file_exists("footer.php")) { 
   if (file_exists("data.txt")) {
      // Do something 
   } else {
      // Tell the user no data
   }
   // Display the footer
} else {
   // Tell the user no footer
}

superwormy

Or this:


if (file_exists ("file1.php") and file_exists ("file2.php"))
{

// do something

}
else
{

// throw error

}

forcer

<?php

if (file_exists("footer.php")){
	if (file_exists("data.txt")){

?>
<html>nested html code</html>
<?php
	} else {
		print "data does not exist";
	}
	} else {
		print "footer does not exist";
	}
?>

that worked fine for me

thanx