How do I check for a directory?

[Anon]

Hello all. How do I check to see if a directory or file exists in PHP?

I'm looking to do something like the following:

If (exists "/inc/db")
{
echo "Database directory found";
}
ElseIf (exists "/inc/db/db.txt")
{
echo "DB text found";
}

Many Thanks,
Anthony.

[Anon]

take a look at the directory functions in the php manual

http://php.net/manual/en

-paul
http://xhawk.net

[Anon]

$database_directory = "/inc/db";
$database_file = $database_directory . "/db.txt";

if ( is_dir($database_directory) ) {
echo "Yep, directory exists.";
else if ( file_exists($database_file) ) {
echo "Yep, file exists as well.";
}
else {
echo "Neither was found.";
}

// it should be noted that is_dir() will not return true if you have a trailing slash (from my personal experience.. it may be OS dependent)

cheers,

~kyle