fopen with space in windows path

[ober]

I'm trying to create a simple data dump to a text file.  It was all working fine and now fopen doesn't like my relative paths.  So I'm using an absolute path to the file:

 

C:\\Program Files\\FDS\\DTManage\\Web\\DTM\\php\\DTBill\\sources\\snapshot\\snapshot.txt

 

But fopen keeps saying it can't open the file.  It's acting like it isn't there.

 

$path_parts = pathinfo(__FILE__); 
$filename = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $path_parts['dirname'])."\\\\snapshot.txt";

if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'w')) {
     echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
}

 

Can someone tell me why this isn't working? 

[ober]

By the way, it's a Windows server running IIS.  I know... the horror.

[ober]

Anyone?  I'm really lost on this one.

[HuggieBear]

Ober,

 

Do you need to escape your backslashes in the str_replace() if they're in single quotes?  Personally, I'd replace them with forward slashes.

 

Are you getting any errors output?  This should be simple to fix, but I don't have my windows server running at the moment to test.

 

Regards

Huggie

[ober]

Well the path returned by pathinfo uses backslashes, so I have to use backslashes for the rest unless I replace them all with forward slashes, which I don't think I've tried.  And my editor doesn't like it when I don't escape them, so I assumed I had to (PHP Designer 7).

 

This is the error:

Warning: fopen(C:\\Program Files\\FDS\\DTManage\\Web\\DTM\\php\\DTBill\\sources\\snapshot\\snapshot.txt): failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\Program Files\FDS\DTManage\Web\DTM\php\DTBill\sources\snapshot\createExport.php on line 5 Cannot open file (C:\\Program Files\\FDS\\DTManage\\Web\\DTM\\php\\DTBill\\sources\\snapshot\\snapshot.txt) Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in C:\Program Files\FDS\DTManage\Web\DTM\php\DTBill\sources\snapshot\createExport.php on line 32

[HuggieBear]

OK, I have access to my Windows box now.  I've just tested your code on a directory with spaces and it works fine.

 

Your error indicates a permissions problem.  Check the permissions first, if that doesn't work, use MMC to check that the file handle isn't still open.

 

Regards

Huggie

[ober]

The file isn't read only... so what else could it be??

[kenrbnsn]

You're getting a "Permission Denied" error message. You are using Windows Vista which does not allow general users to write files into the "Program Files" directory or any of it's sub-directories. Write your file to a different directory.

 

It always helps to give the exact error message in your initial post.

 

Ken

[ober]

It's Windows Server 2003.  And I'll say it again, this worked when I initially wrote it and the location of the file hasn't changed and the server hasn't changed.

 

And it's not read-only (the file).  And the user (as far as the webserver) hasn't changed either.

[HuggieBear]

Ober, can you check the file isn't open by using MMC?

 

Regards

Huggie

[ober]

Pardon my ignorance... but how do I do that? 

[HuggieBear]

Good Question...

 

I'm not sure if it will work on Server 2003.  Here's my instructions for XP.

 

Start >> Run

Type mmc and click Ok.

File >> Add/Remove Snap In >> Add

Select 'Computer Management' >> Add >> Finish >> Close >> OK

 

This should now show you the MMC with your local computer.

 

If this works then let me know.

 

Huggie

[ober]

OK, so that worked... but the file isn't open.  I even rebooted the server and it hasn't changed.  I guess I'll try writing to another location.

[HuggieBear]

OK, so that worked... but the file isn't open.  I even rebooted the server and it hasn't changed.  I guess I'll try writing to another location.

 

Yeah, start with C:\temp or something.

 

Huggie

[ober]

I tried in the document_root folder, I tried directly on the C drive... I keep getting the permission denied error.  I've even checked the php.ini file to see if those functions were blocked.

[ober]

OK, I wrote to C:\WINDOWS\Temp and it worked.... WTF.