Error opening a file with php!

[pthurmond]

Hey everybody, I am getting an error opening a file with php. This file is a template that I am trying to replace placeholders with variables.

Here is the error:
[quote]
<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  file_get_contents(participants.rtf): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/content/p/a/l/paldata/html/TeamB/includes/file_funcs.php</b> on line <b>81</b><br />
[/quote]


Here is the code:
[code]
header( 'Content-type: application/msword' );
header( 'Content-Disposition: inline, filename=Participant_Release.rtf');

// open our template file
$filename = 'participants.rtf';
$output = file_get_contents($filename);
[/code]


Line 81 in the error is the last line of code above. The file is on the server in the exact same folder with the same exact spelling and capitalization.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Patrick

[The Little Guy]

is it in the same directory? You are telling it to stay in the current folder.

[JasonLewis]

according to your code you are checking for participants.rtf in this directory: /home/content/p/a/l/paldata/html/TeamB/includes/

are you sure thats where it is located?

[pthurmond]

Yes, I uploaded both the script and the rtf file at the exact same time to the exact same directory.
That is why this problem is really frustrating me.