title: Warning : filesize function failing to operate
body: <p>The Following Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  $filevar = "/images/staunton/{$options_item['base_var']}.gif";
  
  if(filesize($filevar) &gt; 1616){
      $setstatus = "enabled";
  }
  else{
      $setstatus = "disabled";
  }       
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Results in: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /images/staunton/3-25.gif in [Originating PHPFILE(Edited)] on line 24
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Path is the correct file.... my hosting server is running php 5.2 - is this a synax error? I've been looking at similar code and it seems to look correct.</p>