file_exists test question

[monger]

I'm working on a project that I've inherited. I've ran across something in a script that I don't understand. It's also giving me an unexpected T_ELSE in script on line 139. Here's some context with line 139 included:

fclose ($fp);
// imagestring ($im,2,0,0,"$reportfile",$white);

} else { // if (file_exists(....

imagestring ($im,2,0,0,"Couldn't open",$white);
imagestring ($im,2,0,10,"$reportfile",$white);

 }

I know there is an orphaned closing bracket at the opening. I am trying to search that one out. What is mystifying me here is:

1) The error. I'm not sure what to do with it. I've removed the comment with no help.

2) Does the elipsis actually mean something, or just an incomplete "thought" here?

Thanks,
monger

[bubblenut]

The error is telling you exactly that, there is an unexpected else. There logically cannot be an else without a coresponding if. The error is saying that there cannot be an else here because there is no if. I'm guessing the comment before is explaining why this is the case, just not very well. There is a php function [man]file_exists()[/man] that tests to see if a file exists but he hasn't finished the expresion so I have no idea what file he's wanting to test.

Hope this is of some use to you.