php access network path under windows

Question

within PHP (XAMPP) installed on a Windows XP Computer Im trying to read a dir which exists on a local network server. Im using is_dir() to check whether it is a

Answer 1

Try the file: URI scheme:

file://server/dir
file:///Z:/dir

The begin is always file://. The next path segment is the server. If it’s on your local machine, leave it blank (see second example). See also File URIs in Windows.