PHP write function to a text file in another or different folder

[woocha]

Hey Guys....

 

I am learning how to write to a file....Pretty awesome...I understand how it works, but I need to know if I can run my script in this location ( home/folderA ) and edit a text file in this location ( home/folderB ).  I stole this script from http://www.tizag.com which is a pretty cool website for newbies like me.....Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter?

 

$myFile = "testFile.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "Bobby Bopper\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "Tracy Tanner\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

 

Thanks guys and gals

[Fadion]

If your script is located in "home/folderA" and u need to open a file in "home/folderB" ull just need to specify a relative location to the first paramater of fopen(). Ex:

 

$myFile = "../folderB/textFile.txt";
$fh = fopen($myfile, 'w');

 

the "../" will return one folder up from the script directory (folderA), in this case "home". U can use "../" even several times like "../../../". Hope it helps.

[woocha]

Hey thanks for the tip!!  I still have a problem though.  the script is reading the file, but now it isn't writing to the file.  Here is my updated code, can you please take a look at it?

 

Thank you

 

// Checking our file
  $file = "../soda.txt";

// does the file exist?
if(file_exists($file)) 
{


// is it readable?
  if(is_readable($file)) 
  {
    echo $file." is readable! <br/>";
  }


// is it writable?
  if(is_writable($file)) 
  {
echo $file." is writable! <br/>";

$fh = fopen($file, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "$htpasswd_text";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);
  } 

}

// file does not exist
else { 
   echo("The File Does Not Exist");	 
}

        
       echo "<p><hr></p>"; 
       echo "Your file has been updated!"; 
       echo "<p><hr></p>";