Is_writable returns nothing

[leimeisei]

Why is this happening? I call is_writable(file that exists and is writable) and it returns nothing. This only happens on one of my servers. Why would this happen?

[leimeisei]

And yes, I did a chmod 777 on all directories and files that I want writable, and confirmed my actions using ls -la (i am on linux)

[holiks]

It should return either true or false.......either one.

[.josh]

You sure the file/directory is on that server?

 

also, if it's returning "nothing" then perhaps you should post the code context it is in.  Perhaps a condition is not being met or something.  Or...from the manual:

Keep in mind that PHP may be accessing the file as the user id that the web server runs as (often 'nobody'). Safe mode limitations are not taken into account.

 

Did you check that out for that server?

[leimeisei]

Safe Mode is not enabled for PHP. Also, file_exists, if used with the same file path, returns a true. Here is the code I am using for writability testing:

 

<?php

die( "Status: ".is_writable("pages/default/settings.php"));

?>

 

The output looks like....

 

Status:

[holiks]

<?php

 

$result = is_writable("pages/default/settings.php") ? 'writable' : 'non-writable';

 

die( "Status: $result");

?>

[leimeisei]

but why does it return non-writable, when the file is actually writable?

[holiks]

Probably because the user php is running as doesn't have permission to. Crayon Violent quoted someting to that effect in this thread.

[leimeisei]

PHP runs under user "apache". So I'm afraid I don't understand. I have marked the file writable by all. I even tried chown apache settings.php so that the user owned the file.

 

I appreciate everyones continued help.