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exists

API Package Subpackage Class Method Reference Last reviewed Doc status
API Home Package Joomla.Framework Subpackage FileSystem Class JFolder Method exists Reference 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.

Examples

Example

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

might produce:

Results

Folder exists!