<?php
// before you just copy and paste this logic please understand that there has already been a connection to said server
// we are basically trying to find a specific file, in this case an svg image, by scanning the directory and looping
// through until we find said file. Then we render that which will provide the actual path. This isn't meant as
// a permanent fix for rendering files, this case images, but to check as thoroughly as possible if that actual
// file exists. Change the resources_path_name to the specific path you would like to target.

// we pass a $path object through the function that we later call by doing listIt('path_name');
function listIt($path) {
	$items = $path;

	foreach($items as $item){
		if($item != "." AND $item != "..") {
			if (is_file($path . $item)) {
				// this is the file code for selected file
			} else {
				// this is the directory path

				listIt($path . $item . "/");
			}
		}
	}

// this is a variable to access the 6th object in an array of objects, if you know which object you are trying to find
// then just change this to that file placement
// $resources = scandir($resources_directory[6]);

$startfolder=scandir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
$startfolder=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/resources_path_name';
$files=array();


foreach( new RecursiveIteratorIterator( new RecursiveDirectoryIterator( $startfolder, RecursiveDirectoryIterator::KEY_AS_PATHNAME ), RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST ) as $file => $info ) {
    if( $info->isFile() && $info->isReadable() ){
        $files[]=array('filename'=>$info->getFilename(),'path'=>realpath( $info->getPathname() ) );
    }
}
$svgimage = print_r($files[57]["path"],true);
//this is for visually checking the path

//echo '<pre>',$svgimage,'</pre>';
//die();
//calling the function, as stated before, and passing a path from the variable of $startfolder
//var_dump(listIt($startfolder));
//die();
?>