fopen access problem with permissions

[Eric!]

I'm trying to open a file that I don't want the permisions open to the world.

 

$file=fopen('test.txt','r') or die("Can't open file");

 

This generates an error if the READ permission for WORLD is not set (644).  Is there a way my host provider can set the php process so that it is in my group so I can keep the read permissions set just for the USER and GROUP (640)?

 

I've requested they put the process into my group, but it seems they are unable to fix this problem.  Can someone explain to me what has to be changed on the apache server to put the php process into my group so I can ask my host to fix it?  Or is this not usually done?

 

Thanks,

Eric

[redarrow]

ask ur host in genrall we all use cpannel and in cpannel u can set file permissions weried host m8........

[Eric!]

I'm using cpanel as well, however the problem is the servers process that is running the php script does not belong to my access group (I'm assuming this is the problem).  Shouldn't I be able to write a script that can open a file with 640 permisions?  I think there is something wrong with my host's configuration of my account, but I've tried to get them to fix it and they can't seem to be able to find the problem.  So I'm looking for someone who might have some detailed infomration about this who can help me solve it for them.

[Eric!]

So does anyone know how to give the PHP processes group access to my files?