Chris wrote: > Ronald Wiplinger wrote: >> I am having troubles with the function file_exists() >> >> I tried the full path like: >> >> if (file_exists('/srv/www/....../images/pic412.jpg') { >> echo "<IMG SRC='images/pic412.jpg'>"; >> } else { >> echo " " // picture is missing! >> } >> >> No matter if I use the full path or just images/pic412.jpg, it always >> shows the picture is missing! > Sorry, I expressed it wrong. The picture is displayed if it exists! However, when the picture does not exist, then the missing file is not recognized (hence the subject line "file_exists") With my if construction I try, if the picture does not exist, just to echo " " ( is necessary for the table in which the picture would be displayed) bye Ronald