I am running a series of web pages which are very graphic intensive but many of the graphics will already be on our desktop PC's as they are standard corporate diagrams & files. To minimise download time etc the pages have been coded to use these images rather than files on the server. Occasionally they are missing and I would like to check whether they exist and if they do read from hard disk and if not then use the images from the server. I had hoped is_file() would be the answer but I understand it will only work on the server. Any solutions for this simple little query please?
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is_file - checking for a file on my hard drive
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sleipnir214
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PHP runs on the server. It can't check for files on clients.
This wall between the two is a deliberate security feature that is only broken by security-dimwitted software like ActiveX
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This wall between the two is a deliberate security feature that is only broken by security-dimwitted software like ActiveX
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Like sleipnir says - you can't check clientside with PHP as it's running serverside.
But unless the users clears their browser cache it should't be a problem.
An alternative would be to run a proxy like:
It's both free & commonly used. But again - I'd rely on the browser cache. Shouldn't be too big a deal.
Did you do any monitoring of the load? What server are you using? And what browser, for that matter?
But unless the users clears their browser cache it should't be a problem.
An alternative would be to run a proxy like:
It's both free & commonly used. But again - I'd rely on the browser cache. Shouldn't be too big a deal.
Did you do any monitoring of the load? What server are you using? And what browser, for that matter?
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