Exists

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  • Exists()

Validates files or directories.

v::exists()->assert(__FILE__);
// Validation passes successfully

v::exists()->assert(__DIR__);
// Validation passes successfully

This validator will consider SplFileInfo instances, so you can do something like:

v::exists()->assert(new SplFileInfo('/path/to/file.txt'));
// Validation passes successfully

Templates

Exists::TEMPLATE_STANDARD

ModeTemplate
default{{subject}} must be an existing file
inverted{{subject}} must not be an existing file

Template placeholders

PlaceholderDescription
subjectThe validated input or the custom validator name (if specified).

Categorization

  • File system

Changelog

VersionDescription
0.5.0Created

See Also