Well, i'm trying the UNC paths, but without success. Now I'm trying with this piece of code: $myfile = " \\\\Esm2-region2\Depts_REG2\Region_Catalunya\A_TECNOLOGIA\AT_OyM\ACCESO_SSA\Drop3G\Control_total_alarmas\\logs_hfb"; if($error=file_exists($myfile)) echo "El fichero existe<br>"; else echo $error . ": El fichero no existe<br>"; An the output int he browser is: : El fichero no existe the translation is: "The file doesn't exists" logs_hfb is the file I need to read :/