file_exists() return false for files with whitespaces in the name

Question

I have this code:

$url     = 'http://www.bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /14222-228x228.jpg';
$headers = get_headers($url, true);
var_dump($headers);

this returns error for missing file because of the whitespace in the file name:

array(6) { [0]=> string(34) "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error" ["Date"]=>     
string(29) "Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:11:18 GMT" ["Server"]=> string(6) "Apache" 
["Content-Length"]=> string(3) "677" ["Connection"]=> string(5) "close" 
["Content-Type"]=> string(29) "text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" } file size:677

Any suggestions please?

Then perhaps you need to consider the note in the [PHP docs](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php) "`Tip - As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Supported Protocols and Wrappers to determine which wrappers support stat() family of functionality`", and note that [http://](http://www.php.net/manual/en/wrappers.http.php) does not support `stat()` — Mark Baker, Mar 24 '15 at 15:27
no man, this is my config images path.. Problem is in the remote image, not on local server.. Test to see if you can copy this image and than open it.. — Europeuser, Mar 24 '15 at 16:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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The problem is that file_exists() is for the file system, not http. You need to use server directory path. If it is on the same server as your code, it should rather look like:

if(file_exists('image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg')){
....

if on remote server, try:

if(file_get_contents('http://www.bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg')){
...

You can find many other ways here: How can one check to see if a remote file exists using PHP?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Mar 24 '15 at 15:19

n-dru

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this is on remote server that I dont have access to it.. How to check for the file in my case? – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:20
Also I am using copy() function to copy the file but it doesnt find the file also – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:21
#CBroe the question now has new dimensions :). – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:52

Ahmed Ziani · Answer 2 · 2015-03-24T15:34:00.283

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Try with this :

copy('http://www.bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg', '/image.jpeg');

if not, use file_get_contents

//Get the file
$content = file_get_contents("http://www.bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg");
//Store in the filesystem.
$fp = fopen("/location/to/save/image.jpg", "w");
fwrite($fp, $content);
fclose($fp);

edited Mar 24 '15 at 15:34

answered Mar 24 '15 at 15:27

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#Ahmed, can you please try to copy that image with your method to see you will succeed to copy but the image can not be opened, can you please try? – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:30
i forget to add this , '/image.jpeg' can you try now ?: copy('http://www.bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg', '/image.jpeg'); – Ahmed Ziani Mar 24 '15 at 15:36
same thing, did you try it also? Could you see/open the image? – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:37
try with this and show us the error : copy('http://www.bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg', 'image.jpg'); with "http :// www." – Ahmed Ziani Mar 24 '15 at 15:48
Warning: copy(bgelectronics.eu/image/cache/data/cantell kabeli /202441-500x500.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/..../...../root/example2.php on line 18 – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:50
But the error is because of the wrong image path.. not related to the fact that image can not be copied successfuly.. – Europeuser Mar 24 '15 at 15:51

file_exists() return false for files with whitespaces in the name

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