Directory not readable? whats the deal?

[Paragon]

I can read one directory, but I can't read the other and I have no idea why. It should work exactly the same as the previous one and they are in the exact same locations they get called from the same file and it doesn't work so maybe I am missing something. Anyone care to take a moment to take a look.
CMOD properties are the same as well so its not that.

Code that works fine.

		$file_dir1 = "../templates";
		$dir1 = opendir($file_dir1);
	while($file1 = readdir($dir1))
	{
	if(is_dir($file_dir1."/".$file1) && $file1 != "." && $file1 != ".."){
		$templateoption .= "<option value=".$file1." if($myrow[template]==".$file1."){ selected=\"selected\" }>".$file1."</option>";
	}
	}

Code that doesn't work

		$file_dir2 = "../language";
		$dir2 = opendir($file_dir2);
	while($file2 = readdir($dir2))
	{
	if(is_dir($file_dir2."/".$file2) && $file2 != "." && $file2 != ".."){
		$languageoption .= "<option value=".$file2." if($myrow[language]==".$file2."){ selected=\"selected\" }>".$file2."</option>";
	}
	}

Both these directories are in the exact same home directory. They get called from the same file.

Here is the Error

Warning: opendir(../language): failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /home/user/public_html/beta/include/admin_functions.php on line 2155

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/user/public_html/beta/include/admin_functions.php on line 2156

[Kudose]

Try this one:

<?php
//use the full file path for debugging purposes
$file_dir1 = "/full/path/to/file/"; 
        $dir1 = opendir($file_dir1); 
    while(($file1 == readdir($dir1)) !== FALSE) 
    { 
    if(is_dir($file_dir1."/".$file1) && ($file1 != ".") && ($file1 != "..")){ 
        $templateoption .= "<option value='$file1' ";
		if($myrow[template]==$file1){ $templateoption .= "selected" }
		$templateoption .= ">".$file1."</option>"; 
    } 
    }

?>

[Paragon]

I would use that, but thats to hardcoded. I even tried using the URL which didn't work on either.

Why isn't this working? It should work fine as the first one did.

EDIT
Current PHP version: 4.3.8

[Kudose]

Whats the CHMOD structure?

[Paragon]

I use Apache and both directories have the same CMOD properties.

755

[Paragon]

Hate to bring up old topics, but I still havn't figured this out. Does anyone know the reason why its not working?