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# file_exists

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

file_exists -- Checks whether a file exists

## Description

``bool file_exists` (string filename)`

Returns `TRUE` if the file specified by `filename` exists; `FALSE` otherwise.

This function will not work on remote files; the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

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