Joomla! Documentation™

The "API17" namespace is an archived namespace. This page contains information for a Joomla! version which is no longer supported. It exists only as a historical reference, it will not be improved and its content may be incomplete and/or contain broken links.

JFile::exists

Description

Wrapper for the standard file_exists function.

public static function exists ($file)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$file	string		File path

• Returns boolean True if path is a file
• Defined on line 441 of libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php
• Since
• Referenced by
  • JInstallerLanguage::_install
  • JEditor::_loadEditor
  • JHelp::createURL
  • JInstallerLanguage::update

See also

• JFile::exists source code on BitBucket
• Class JFile
• Subpackage Filesystem
• Other versions of JFile::exists