API16:JFile/exists

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Description

Wrapper for the standard file_exists function

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Syntax

exists($file)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$file		$file File path

Returns

boolean True if path is a file

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.file' );

Source Body

function exists($file)
{
        return is_file(JPath::clean($file));
}

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Examples

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