DirectoryIterator failed to open existing dir

[cord1]

Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64
php 5.3.5-5.12.1

CODE:
$diren = $dirarray[$i];
if ($testing) { echo "diren = ".$diren."<br />"; }
try {
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator($diren);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "<br />";
}

RESULT:
diren = /srv/www/htdocs/ahon/includes
Caught exception: DirectoryIterator::__construct(/srv/www/htdocs/ahon/includes ): failed to open dir: No such file or directory
diren = /srv/www/htdocs/ahon/includes/database

Directories do exists.

Anyone who can explain or help me solve the problem????

[NogDog]

What are the permissions on the directory in question (and its parent directories)? Remember that in typical use your PHP web pages will be executed by the Apache user, not your personal user, so you may need to set read and execute permissions for all (or possibly just group if the personal user and Apache user share the same group membership).