file_exists() returns false, but the file DOES exist

Question

I\'m having a very weird issue with file_exists(). I\'m using this function to check if 2 different files in the same folders do exist. I\'ve double-checked, they BOTH do ex

Answer 1

Try using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR instead of '/' as separator. Windows uses a different separator for file system paths (backslash) than Linux and Unix systems.