File does not exist - why?

[ferke]

Why writes the script 'does not exist' error? The file is exists on the local machine.

My test code is:

$filename = "c:\\test\\test.txt";
if (file_exists($filename)) {
    print "The file $filename exists";
} else {
    print "The file $filename does not exist";
} 

Thanx!

[koomann]

Try:

$filename = "file:\/\/\/C:\/test\/test.txt"; 

The directory would look like file:///C:/test/test.txt without the escaping \'s.

[ferke]

Thanx but the error still exist. I tried

file:\/\/\/C:\/dirname\/filename
file:///c:/dirname/filename
///c:/dirname/filename
c:/dirname/filename

and none of them is working.

[koomann]

Maybe you need to capitilize the C?

[Amit]

It should be $filename = 'c:\\test\\test.txt';

HTH

[Technosailor]

That's what he had originally....

[firepages]

'c:\\test\\test.txt';
or
'c:\test\test.txt';
or
'c:/test/test.txt';


are all valid on win32 and case insensitive to boot
is the file empty ?
try is_writable() instead

[Amit]

What I meant, you should stick to
$filename = 'c:\\test\\test.txt'; as file://c:/test/test.txt is usually used in case of urls on local browsing, not in case of file manipulation.

[ferke]

I tried everything below but the error still exist.
I want upload the txt file, then was error. Then I try fopen() function - error exist. And then tried file_exist() function finally.
I was read php samples in php manual, but I can't open file in my local machine. Tech info: I have win98 osr2, and php ver. id 4.1.2. with apache on the server.