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Ronnie Jespersen
Ronnie Jespersen

Reputation: 950

Apache PHP check if file exsists - what does is_file really do on the server

In my apache logs I see a lot of:

Attempt to serve directory: somedir/ This error appears because I dont allow directory browsing.

Now I know that they appear when someone enters a page where the database thinks it have a picture and then return an empty field thus when I do:

background-image: url("somedir/{$value[self::PICTURE]}");

and there is no picture it will look at the directory insted somedir/

To avoid this I made if(is_file("somedir/{$value[self::PICTURE]}")) but I still see the errors. Now my question is what is the best approach to check if a file is present without getting an apache error log entry if the file is not there?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 304

Answers (2)

Kao
Kao

Reputation: 2272

You need to make sure that the variable you're checking for is set. Like :

if ( isset ( $file ) && file_exists ( $file ))

Upvotes: 1

Florent
Florent

Reputation: 12420

If you want to use a PHP variable within a string, you should use double quotes instead of single ones. That may be the reason why your script fail.

$path = 'somedir/' . $value[self::PICTURE];
if (is_file($path) || is_dir($path)) {
    // Your logic here
}

Upvotes: 0

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