Forgive the top posting but the question I have here has been ansered. See comment at ' // <<<< HERE' (the semicolon after the closing parenthesis. JK > On May 29, 2022, at 2:20 PM, JEFFRY KILLEN <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I hate having to do this... but... > > The code: > > $_code = function($_a) > { > //$_a: string; value to assign hard coded record > $_target = 'php/testSample.php'; > if(!file_exists($_target)); // <<<< HERE > { > return ['error'=>true, 'value'=>implode("\n", scandir(getcwd().'/php')) ]; //$_target.' not found']; > } > > //.... > }: > > > The result printed in html page: > > Set jsTest Value: > . > .. > L60Set.php > asyncSampler.php > asyncSamplerClass.php > index.php > jsTest.php > labHost.php > procList.php > scratch.php > testSample.php > > As you can see at the bottom: testSample.php > Why i is the code: !file_exists($_target) coming up > true (not finding the file). > > Thank you for time and attention > JK