wordpress_post_exists.php

/**
 *   Determine if a post exists based on post_name and post_type
 *
 *   @param $post_name string unique post name	
 *   @param $post_type string post type (defaults to 'post')
 */

function post_exists( $post_name, $post_type='post' ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$query = "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE 1=1";
	$args = array();

	if ( !empty ( $post_name ) ) {
	     $query .= " AND post_name LIKE '%s' ";
	     $args[] = $post_name;
	}
	if ( !empty ( $post_type ) ) {
	     $query .= " AND post_type = '%s' ";
	     $args[] = $post_type;
	}

	if ( !empty ( $args ) )
	     return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare($query, $args) );

	return 0;
}