If file exisits display it, if it doesn't then don't

[Moh]

I know how to do this on the same server, how how do you open it from another server?

I have tried fopen(), file_exists() and file(). None of them seam to have worked.

They all still opened the file even if it didn't exisit.

The reason I need it to not open it is because I need it to enter the ones which do exist into a database.

[Protege]

http://uk.php.net/function.file-get-contents

[IntaMedia]

<?php

(@file_get_contents("http://URL_TO_FILE.URL/TO/FILE.TXT"))
{
// Put the stuff you want to show if the file was found here
}
else
{
//Put the stuff you want to show if the file was not found here!
}

?>

Hope it helps

[Robbie]

<?php
$page = $_GET["page"];
if(file_exists($page)) {
include("$page");
} else {
echo("Page doesn't exist");
}
?>

[Dentafrice]

Just thought I would expand on Robbie!'s:

<?php

$file = "test.php"; // you can enter a path here aswell ex: /home/test/public_html/test.php

if(!file_exists($file)) {
    exit("404. File not found!"); // if the file isn't found, display this error.
} else {
    include($file); // display the file.
}

?>

[Hypertext]

Expanding? You've added a comment, and got rid of a $_GET[]...contracting more like it.

[Moh]

None of these work for remote files. Thanks for the help though

[Robbie]

<?php
if(file_get_contents("http://google.co.uk")) {
echo("The page exists!");
} else {
echo("The page does not exist!");
}
?>