FileExists

Determines whether a file exists

Method Signature

FileExists(source=[string], allowRealPath=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
source	string	true	The file path
allowRealPath	boolean	true	Whether to allow an absolute path as the path argument	true

Examples

Checks if file at the given path exists.

var myFile = "/path/to/the/file.jpg";
if( fileExists( expandPath( myFile ) ) ) {
	writeOutput( myFile & "exists!" );
}

Additional Examples

var filePath = "path/to/my/file.md";
if( fileExists( filePath ) ) echo;
"it exists";

Related

• ContractPath

• CreateTempDirectory

• CreateTempFile

• DirectoryCopy

• DirectoryCreate

• DirectoryDelete

• DirectoryExists

• DirectoryList

• DirectoryMove

• DirectoryRename

• ExpandPath

• FileAppend

• FileClose

• FileCopy

• FileDelete

• FileGetMimeType

• FileInfo

• FileIsEOF

• FileMove

• FileOpen

• FileRead

• FileReadBinary

• FileReadLine

• FileSeek

• FileSetAccessMode

• FileSetAttribute

• FileSetLastModified

• FileSkipBytes

• FileWrite

• FileWriteLine

• GetCanonicalPath

• GetDirectoryFromPath

• GetFileInfo

• getTempFile

• PropertyFile