File permission 755 but PHP file_exists() returns false

Question

I have an image file on my hosting.

• FileZilla says its got permission 755 (-rwxr-xr-xr)

however:

• file_exists($path) returns false

possible problem source:

• PHP may read permission wrong for some reason - PHP-manual's example of reading file permissions ( function fileperms($path) ) says that the fileperms are -rwxr-xr-x

NOTE!: The file is accessible from the web browser - if I print the file path as <img>'s src image displays just ok... also is_file($path) returns true

Any ideas what might cause this problem ? :)

EDIT1&2: BTW: PHP checking path: './subfolder/subfolder2/filename.jpg', browser file address - 'mydomain.com/testfolder/subfolder/subfolder2/filename.jpg' - the main script(which includes another script which is executing the file-exist) is in the 'testfolder' - any problem with that?

Current folder (getcwd()) is "/data/web/virtuals/87454/virtual/www/testfolder" fopen($path) does NOT return boolean false and also does NOT raise any error

Answer 1

file_exists doesn't check permissions. If it returns false, you are checking wrong path. Especially if it's the same as one you are accessing from browser.