Posted by Jochem Maas on 09/26/05 14:24

Mark Rees wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am having trouble with is_dir
>
> I am trying to check whether /lists/admin/temp exists (which it does).
>
> However, I cannot get the function to work by specifying the path as above -
> it only works if I do it relative to the current working directory. So:
>
> var_dump (is_dir(getcwd()));

what does the following output:

var_dump (getcwd());

?

also do an 'ls' in the relevant dir in order to determine possible
problems due to permissions.

> var_dump (is_dir('temp'));
> #temp is one level below the working directory
> var_dump (is_dir("/lists/admin/temp"));
>
> returns
> bool(true)
> bool(true)
> bool(false)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mark
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