[PHP-WIN] checking file is mounted at the end of a url

Hi, I'm building a site where among other things, the user (librarian) can see if a file has been mounted on a local webserver for students to download. I could provide a link so they can see if the file (pdf) can be downloaded, but I'd rather just say 'yes' or 'no'. This requires the page doing

RE: [PHP-WIN] checking file is mounted at the end of a url

If you know what the local file name and path are supposed to be, then you should be able to use file_exists() for that task. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php -M -Original Message- From: George Pitcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:4

RE: [PHP-WIN] checking file is mounted at the end of a url

Mike, Thanks, but it's not a local file. I host my service, but the file being cked is (not) mounted on the users' own university website. So I thnk its more a case or url-checking. I've tested file_exists using the url and that doesn't work. Cheers George > -Original Message- > From:

RE: [PHP-WIN] checking file is mounted at the end of a url -- SOLVED

Thanks for moving me in the right direction. fopen() will test the existence of a file at the end of a url. Cheers George > -Original Message- > From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2004 3:24 pm > To: 'George Pitcher'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] checki

RE: [PHP-WIN] checking file is mounted at the end of a url

In that case, try using fopen() http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php You should be able to check the file handle and check for success or failure and simply close it after the check is complete. Just have to have allow_url_fopen enabled in PHP to do so. -M -Original Message-

[PHP-WIN] PHP email issue (sent time wrong)

Hello wondering if anyone has an answer to a problem that has risen during the testing phase of an application migration. Recently we have migrated php code from a Linux Server with a My SQL database to php code on MS .NET platform with a MS SQL 7.0 database. When we send email from the migrate

[PHP-WIN] Installing PHP Patches on a Win2K box

I have a Win2K box running php-4.3.0 and would like to install the php-4.3.0 to 4.3.1 patch. I've downloaded the "php-4.3.0-to-4.3.1.patch" file from http://www.php.net, but can't find a thing on how to install it on a Windows platform. The closest thing I could find on news group posts is instruc

Re: [PHP-WIN] Installing PHP Patches on a Win2K box

This patch is for the source code. You need to download the binary distribution and replace your old files with the new. While you are doing that you should download a newer version php-4.3.9 has been released and so has php-5.0.2. - Frank > I have a Win2K box running php-4.3.0 and would like to

Re: [PHP-WIN] zlib.dll

You don't need to copy any of the files from PHP-GTK to any system directory. Just keep all files in the same directory. You can still ahe your script files in another directory though. The z in zlib does not relate to zend in any form or way. zlib is a library for compression and decompression of

[PHP-WIN] MySQL Errors

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