php - file_exists and class_exists both case sensitive -

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for reason file_exists , class_exists both case sensitive if place website on server (hosted transip), if upload them xampp methods case insensitive. know why? i'm struggling long time , haven't found answer yet.

thanks help!

yours faithfully,

joost

file_exists()'s case sensitivity depends on filesystem:

• on unix-like systems filesystem case sensitive
• on windows it's case insensitive (ntfs)

class_exists() case insensitive invoke autoloader, might use file_exists() internally => making class_exists() seem case sensitive on filesystems.

the solution treat class names being case sensitive avoid potential issues.