Why does my app fail to find and use a file on two LINUX OS machines when knowing the URL?

Question

I have a Yii MVC App. When running the app under Windows OS, the app locates and uses the needed file.

I now have 2 OS's, Linux OS's and, on one, my app finds and uses the file, and on another, it fails.

$this->font1 = Yii::app()->baseUrl . '/protected/extensions/TextFigletCaptcha/flf/' . $this->font1 . '.flf';
if (!file_exists($this->font1)) {
throw new Exception('Font file not found!<br/>');
}

What's happening ?

Looks like that is not always enough: see [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9211928/php-file-exists-is-returning-false-even-if-file-exist-on-my-linux) question and its answers. — dandan78, Jan 30 '13 at 09:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '13 at 10:08

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I found the answer to my question:

$this->font1 = Yii::app()->getBasePath(true) . '/extensions/TextFigletCaptcha/flf/' . $this->font1 . '.flf';

answered Jan 30 '13 at 10:08

Ionut Flavius Pogacian

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`Yii::app()->baseUrl` returns an URL, `Yii::app()->basePath` returns a path. – adamors Jan 30 '13 at 15:12

Why does my app fail to find and use a file on two LINUX OS machines when knowing the URL?

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