I am not sure what you are trying to accomplish, but maybe require( some file ) will be of more use to you. -----Original Message----- From: Kostas Papadimitriou [mailto:vinilios@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:31 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: if test Jochem Maas wrote: > please keep posts on list. > > jekillen wrote: >> On Jun 17, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Jochem Maas wrote: >> >>> jekillen wrote: >>>> Hello again; >>>> does the following test pass if the file is successfully included: >>>> if( include( some file ) ) >>>> >>>> or does it pass with: >>>> if( ! include( some file ) ) >>> have you tried it? >>> >>> >> Well, typically while waiting for a reply, which I thank you for, >> I did browse through My Oreilly text Programming php >> which did not have anything definitive, and looking at >> the manual which did not have anything completely >> satisfying, I did try it as if( include( some file ) ) and >> it worked. But I also testing a file that I knew would >> cause an error, sure enough the else conditional >> did smear error messages all over the browser window. > > I have no idea what else condition you mean and I also have no idea > what these 'error messages' are or what they have to do with the > original question (which I had assumed was about the testing return > values from an include statement ... something you could have gleaned > from the manual and a couple of tests. > > >> So I did: >> if(file_exists( some file )) >> { >> include(some file); >> } >> Thanks again >> JK >> Im not exactly sure either about what you mean but you could give it a try using try {} catch {} -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
