fwrite()

[SharkBait]

I am having issues.

I use the following:
[code]
<?php

$filename = "testfile.txt";

if(!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a+')) {
  echo "Cannot open file";
}
?>
[/code]

Now I get an Permission Denied warning and the Cannot open file error when I try to open/write a file.

It seems (if the file exists) the file that is to be written to needs to be 777 for it to work.  Isn't the a+ argument supposed to create the file and open it if its not there??  The script itself has 777 permissions.

What I want to do is if the file doesn't exists, create it and change the permission so that I can write to it properly.
What am I doing wrong?

[obsidian]

does the [b]folder[/b] into which you're trying to write your file have writable permissions? that's key. the file itself needs them, yes, but if the folder in which you are trying to create a file doesn't, you're hosed.

[AlexJ312]

Sounds like a permission issue.

[SharkBait]

So i would have to turn the entire folder that the file sits in to writable?  geesh that seems a bit of a security issue...

Or is it best to put it into a subdirectory of its own and 777 that subdir?

[obsidian]

[quote author=SharkBait link=topic=112147.msg455140#msg455140 date=1161372941]
Or is it best to put it into a subdirectory of its own and 777 that subdir?
[/quote]

bingo... however, if possible, you should set up your apache user to have group permissions so you can set your folder to 755 or 775 instead of 777.

[SharkBait]

I'll look into that as well. Thanks Obsidian, thanks others too :)