is_executable

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

is_executable -- Tells whether the filename is executable

Description

bool is_executable ( string filename)

Returns TRUE if the filename exists and is executable.

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

Note: This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the servers filesystem.

See also is_file() and is_link().