echo '<hr/>';
clearstatcache();
// the $img variable is dynamically got from $split[1] which is something like image.jpeg" />
$img = str_replace('"','',$split[1]); // remove double quotes
$img = str_replace('/>','',$img); // remove img end tag
$img = str_replace(' ','',$img); // remove spaces
$filename = "uploads/image.jpeg"; // original file name
$fn = "uploads/".$img; // file name with dynamic variable in it
if(file_exists($fn)){
echo '$fn: yes';
echo '<br/>';
}else{
echo '$fn: no';
echo '<br/>';
}
if(file_exists($filename)){
echo '$filename: yes';
echo '<br/>';
}else{
echo '$filename: no';
echo '<br/>';
}
// Check if the two strings are the same and they are
if($fn == $filename){
echo "same";
echo '<br/>';
}
else
{
echo 'different';
echo '<br/>';
}
echo '<pre>';
var_dump( $split[1], $filename, $fn )
echo '</pre>';
echo '<hr/>';