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[Sterling Hughes]

> > I got it but the solution was a lot more complicated than I imagined..
> turns
> > out that NO PHP script on the remote site can write to files due to
> > permissions set up by Apache.. you have to go through a stub executable to
> > do it, so your URL is not /chat/chat.php, it's
> > /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ppowell/php4.cgi/~ppowell/chat/chat.php and then you can
> > write to the file!
> >

Why not just write the files to that directory, and have your script where they
want it?

-Sterling


> > Phil
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Zac Hillier" <zac at affectors.net>
> > To: "Phil Powell" <soazine at erols.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] File Write Permission Errors - HELP! URGENT!!!
> >
> >
> > > try removing the quotes from around the a
> > >
> > > $fileID = fopen($path . "/nicknames.txt", a)
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Phil Powell" <soazine at erols.com>
> > > To: "Zac Hillier" <zac at affectors.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:43 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] File Write Permission Errors - HELP! URGENT!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm)
> > Pro*
> > > > Yes it does.. the permissions in the /chat folder are correct, but I
> > still
> > > > cannot create or write to either file!
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Zac Hillier" <zac at affectors.net>
> > > > To: "Phil Powell" <soazine at erols.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 7:42 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] File Write Permission Errors - HELP! URGENT!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Check that your server has the correct permissions on the folder.
> > > > >
> > > > > Zac
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Phil Powell" <soazine at erols.com>
> > > > > To: <talk at nyphp.org>; <php-general at lists.php.net>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:29 PM
> > > > > Subject: [PHP] File Write Permission Errors - HELP! URGENT!!!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi I have the following code that breaks:
> > > > >
> > > > > // PLACE NICK INTO NICKNAMES.TXT AND START OFF MESSAGES.TXT
> > > > >    $fileID = fopen($path . "/nicknames.txt", "a") or die("Could not
> > open
> > > "
> > > > .
> > > > > $path . "/nicknames.txt");
> > > > >    chmod($path . "/nicknames.txt", 0755);
> > > > >    fputs($fileID, $nickname . "\
"); fflush($fileID);
> fclose($fileID);
> > > > >    $fileID = fopen($path . "/messages.txt", "a") or die("Could not
> > open
> > > "
> > > > .
> > > > > $path . "/messages.txt");
> > > > >    fputs($fileID, "*** WELCOME \\"" . $nickname . "\\" TO THE ROOM
> > ***");
> > > > > fflush($fileID); fclose($fileID);
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am getting the following error:
> > > > > Warning: fopen("/users/ppowell/web/chat/nicknames.txt", "a") -
> > > Permission
> > > > > denied in /users/ppowell/web/chat/chat.php on line 163
> > > > >
> > > > > I am attempting to write onto the files if they exist, if not,
> create
> > > them
> > > > > on the fly.  I need the solution in the next 5 minutes - sorry, kind
> > of
> > > an
> > > > > emergency!
> > > > >
> > > > > If anyone can help, please tell me what to do, the PHP manuals are
> not
> > > > > giving me a clear solution as to how to write to a file that does
> not
> > > yet
> > > > > exist that has to have the permissions of 0755 for both files.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanx
> > > > > Phil
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> 
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