Cannot check file_exist for external url in php

Question

I'm trying to check if a file exists or not in external url.

(My external url is another project's file in my local directory)

The other project folder is mvf. So I'm trying to get it like:

    $url = '//localhost/mvf/assets/img/img.png';

I want to check if this file exists or not for the path above. My code is:

    if(file_exists($url)) {
       echo "exist";
    } else {
       echo "no";
    }

But the above code always returns no eventhough the file exits.

Have a look at this question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7684771/how-to-check-if-a-file-exists-from-a-url/29714882 — , Jun 24 '19 at 06:53
It they are on the same server, can't you just check it through the file system instead of through a URL? — M. Eriksson, Jun 24 '19 at 07:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '19 at 06:55

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Try this,absolute path

$url = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .'mvf/assets/img/img.png';
//please change this path according to your folder system
if(file_exists($url)) {
   echo "exist";
} else {
   echo "no";
}

answered Jun 24 '19 at 06:55

M.Hemant

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`$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']` is giving current project url – VinoCoder Jun 24 '19 at 07:03
are you using any PHP framework? did you try comment section's links – M.Hemant Jun 24 '19 at 07:08

Cannot check file_exist for external url in php

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