New file in different directory

[WebCheez]

In my script, I'm trying to create a file with the name of a variable in a different directory.

My code is:

$handle = fopen("cheese/" . $page . ".html", "w");

Output: Warning: fopen(cheese/test.html) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/a5938041/public_html/newfile/newpage.php on line 6

What's happening here? (sorry I'm a total noob.)

 

 

[Zane]

You need "x" instead of "w" at the end

 

If you want to write to this file, then use x+, though you really only need to do this once.. IMO it's better to just use UNIX's touch command..assuming you're running Linux PHP's touch() function.

 

$newfile = `touch cheese/file.txt`;

$newfile = touch("cheese/file.txt");
$handle = fopen("cheese/file.txt", "w");

[WebCheez]

woops, I also forgot:

the directory cheese is not in the directory of the script. It's in the public_html directory. Should I try to create it in www.mysite.com/cheese/ ?

[Fadion]

You can just use a path relative to the script's location:

 

Script Location: /public_html/newfile/

File Location: /public_html/cheese/

 

<?php
$h = fopen("../cheese/$page.html", 'w');
?>

 

../ => moves one directory below the current one (/newfile/).

[Zane]

touch should create that directory for you.. I believe

 

and you don't need to go all the way back to public_html, just enter a relative location.. if you're already in public_html, then you should only need "cheese/txt.txt" as your argument.

 

and yes.. GuiltyGear is right

../ => moves one directory below the current one (/newfile/).

 

So you would need

touch("../cheese/text.txt");

if you wanted to create it in a directory other than the one you are in.

 

The only problem I could foresee would be permission issues.