Title: WP_Filesystem_Direct::exists
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_Direct::exists( string $path ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Checks if a file or directory exists.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$path`stringrequired

Path to file or directory.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool Whether $path exists or not.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function exists( $path ) {
    	return @file_exists( $path );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php#L437)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php#L437-L439)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Filesystem_Direct::copy()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/copy/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php` |

Copies a file.

  | 
| [WP_Filesystem_Direct::move()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/move/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php` |

Moves a file or directory.

  | 
| [WP_Filesystem_Direct::chgrp()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/chgrp/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php` |

Changes the file group.

  | 
| [WP_Filesystem_Direct::chown()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/chown/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php` |

Changes the owner of a file or directory.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/exists/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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