path to file not working.

[andy1212]

Im trying to check and see if the path to a file is working and I have the following code to check,

if (file_exists('../public_html/cert/ca.crt')) {
				echo 'yes';
			} else {
				echo 'no';
			}

I've tried, '/public_html/cert/ca.crt', getcwd().'/cert/ca.crt' and what I have above and all return no. The way I have it set up is like this, in public_html there is a directory called 'cert' and a directory called 'secure'. In 'cert' is the file ca.crt and in 'secure' is the file which I'm testing to see if I can call the path of the ca.crt file into. Is there another way I should be stating the path so it can return 'yes'? Thanks for your time.

[andy1212]

nvm i figured it out, just went ../cert/ca.crt