The path of file on remote server should be change! $filename='THE NEW PATH'; From: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of atkelleden atkelleden Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:21 PM To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: file exists problem The following script work fine in my computer (the file exists). but I copy them to a remote server. 'File does not exist' result is returned. $filename = 'C:/banners/b.jpg'; if (file_exists($filename)) { echo "The file $filename exists"; } else { echo "The file $filename does not exist"; } thanks a lot. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]