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SebastianHannes
SebastianHannes

Reputation: 281

PHP Can't compare string with filename

I have following filename "test.mkv" from an array and following string "test.mkv".

PHP says it not equal if I do this:

$dir    = '/folder';
$filesarray = scandir($dir);    
if($filesarray[0] == $string)

Whats wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 178

Answers (1)

Tommaso Belluzzo
Tommaso Belluzzo

Reputation: 23675

$found = in_array($string, scandir("/folder"));

$found will be true if any file matches your $string content. Usually indices 0 and 1 contain respectively . and .. so I doubt that your check can work...

If your intention is just to check if a given file exists, use this:

file_exists("folder/$string")

Upvotes: 2

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