file_exists() or is_dir not working

Question

I want to check if the path exists, I have tried:

if(is_dir('/public_html/uploads/2013/')){
    //do stuff
} else {
    //do stuff
}

Also tried

var_dump(is_dir('/public_html/uploads/2013/'));

Returns false, but the path exists.

I also tried:

if(file_exists('/public_html/uploads/2013/')){
    //do stuff
} else {
    //do stuff
}

No luck, any ideas? I'm all out.

Answer 1

I do not think that path /public_html/uploads/2013 exists at your system, because it is not a relative, but an absoulte path from the root of the filesystem, because of the starting /.

Answer 2

/public_html/ suggests that the folder public_html is in the root of your system, which is probably not the case. Make the path relative, or use a full absolute path. You can use constants like __FILE__ or __DIR__ Magic Constants to find out where in the file system your script is.