PHP is_file in Win32 allways return false

Question

Hi all,

I'm making a small app that must check if a certain file exists in the client computer.

$file = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rpnt.dll";

if (is_file($file)){
 echo $file . " exists";
}else{
 echo $file . " does not exist";
}

Can't make this work. Any solution out there?

Answer 1

Try using forward slashes (/) instead of backslashes for the directory separator character. I've occasionally had trouble with PHP getting confused with backslashes in Windows file paths.

Answer 2

PHP is server side, you cannot check to see if a file exists on the client with it. Nor could you do it with javascript or almost any other client-side technology... for obvious security reasons.

The reason it's not working is because it's checked to see if 'C:\Windows\System32\rpnt.dll' exists on the server and you are probably using a linux based operating system for your web server...