Hello , Not sure whether you got a reply or not . Here is what you can do . Get your phpinfo() of your remote server . Get the document_root . So now its the root , add the remaining path accordingly . ie if its in banners folder , document_root / banners / <filename> . Hope it works for you . Hari K T http://harikt.com/ ________________________________ From: atkelleden atkelleden <atkelleden@xxxxxxxxx> To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 22 April, 2010 5:20:58 PM 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]