Returns TRUE if the file or directory specified by filename exists; FALSE otherwise.
On windows, use //computername/share/filename or \\computername\share\filename to check files on network shares.
Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.
Tip: As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Appendix M for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.
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This function returns FALSE for files inaccessible due to safe mode restrictions. However these files still can be included if they are located in safe_mode_include_dir. |
See also is_readable(), is_writable(), is_file() and file().