Re: [PHP] file_exists() question

2003-03-08 Thread Justin French
on 09/03/03 8:10 AM, Charles Kline ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > if(file_exists('cherpdocs/$annrow[id].doc')){ > echo "Funding > details paper"; > } This is a pretty simple debugging type query, so: First things first, make sure that $annrow[id] is what you expect, by echoing it to the screen. "

Re: [PHP] file_exists() question

2003-03-08 Thread Ernest E Vogelsinger
At 22:40 08.03.2003, Khalid El-Kary said: [snip] >because you can't directly use the $annrow[id] within single quotes, you >should use double quotes to do so. > >file_exists("cherpdocs/$annrow[id].doc") > >or > >file_exists('cherpdocs/'.$annrow[id].'.doc') >

Re: [PHP] file_exists() question

2003-03-08 Thread Jason Sheets
You will probably need to use file_exists("cherpdocs/{$annrow['id']}.doc") you could also use file_exists('cherpdocs/' . $annrow['id'] . '.doc') You should use single quotes to identify your element in an array, otherwise PHP will try to use it as a constant first. Jason On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 14

Re: [PHP] file_exists() question

2003-03-08 Thread Khalid El-Kary
because you can't directly use the $annrow[id] within single quotes, you should use double quotes to do so. file_exists("cherpdocs/$annrow[id].doc") or file_exists('cherpdocs/'.$annrow[id].'.doc') or file_exists("cherpdocs/".$annrow[id].".doc") Note: i heared it's prefered to always use the

Re: [PHP] file_exists() question

2003-03-08 Thread Jim Lucas
what does $annrow[id] return? I HAVE found that I have to refer to a file when using file_exists() from / so file_exists("/path/to/me/cherpdocs/filename.doc") for it to work right. Jim - Original Message - From: "Charles Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday