Title: Problems with file_exists()
Last modified: November 7, 2017

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# Problems with file_exists()

 *  Resolved [recdown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/recdown/)
 * (@recdown)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-file_exists/)
 * Hi,
    I have installed metabox plugin and I get this warning message:
 * Warning: file_exists(): File name is longer than the maximum allowed path length
   on this platform (4096): /usr/home/mydomain.com/web/BLOG/wp-content/plugins/meta-
   box/inc/905ai0evm8qpx-wsfhq1h72rml-zz614ijl0r7dot3brnnip1atfrlg-irkh4c278jlcq7f7dr8pfnvu5ac-
   qrevqqoqf6dm9i7-h14oga5j3nvvqaga37-7lpoqz6cvqaha3321egkednip3ats1j2mgflkcijx95l3m16p6uyr752u6atysrl36uyr852u7atsh72vutg1cvfaqaka36fsv85kvbvvhaja30mrgix8fiiq905aizrwdih8c3i7wsm9fpcpkih8cri7xd6rh7d2t27tciorjbrwq7j03kj90z0qxv2-
   qh22erl9ymqw8xied13mkh1pa67jrtilmm7cv3zu23ot36koom2cl37s2skg53q-vvcz75-td3pvjmukh1d1sntgfomxbvo8m7m3wv1-
   f2m3r-5yshkottia0b0j8xied12ooz0z74ahc6lwnt2lj10p7yaoa6fccv7nws8zeeovt-lhptvomeh9b4xm1lruqhf2sdxc2iowi68wyhg-
   h1ma9b7tjgp0lja7sdc5mg6rcvph6vc0ptja2cxhk65-v-7wwe8ppjxjj-yey72xdp9xun3jietbrzai6ex9yc778sllizr8wpib287rhk53p0egti49y5vvqaglq7a7tejrulluhb5asr7sqgzt33wts8wsd4i-
   iq9h3l3whcqrhiivxih8cri7-twfu7dlt5h8csi7j-6w3y2iovr8c4i7x6joom6a6u5rwvja4sllizrsdlkbgoykfim3prektijex8zjqstamzn2t3ge-
   3vvqaciq76rqazaebprk-tbrzbi6a5e52vvqacmq76rqax9r-w9t-4xlurjwv in /usr/home/mydomain.
   com/web/BLOG/wp-content/plugins/meta-box/inc/autoloader.php on line 174
 * What can I do to solve the problem?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Anh Tran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rilwis/)
 * (@rilwis)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-file_exists/#post-9688842)
 * Looks like your host is hacked. We don’t have such a long file name like that.
   Please [see this guide](https://deluxeblogtips.com/protect-wordpress-websites-from-malware/)
   for some instructions.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-file_exists/#post-9688842)
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