exists

API	Package	Subpackage	Class	Method	Reference	Last reviewed	Doc status
Home	Joomla.Framework	FileSystem	JFolder	exists	exists()	Never	Work in Progress

This is a wrapper for the standard PHP file_exists function. It returns true if the folder exists, false otherwise.

Syntax

boolean exists ( $path )

$path

string

is a string containing a folder name relative to the base folder.

Example

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.folder' );
if (JFolder::exists( 'test1' )) {
    echo "Folder exists!";
} else {
    echo "Folder does not exist!";
}

might produce:

Results

Folder exists!