creating file with php

xiekke · 03-13-2006, 11:44 AM

i am learning php with fedora core 4, i wrote the code
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$ourFileName = "testFile.txt";
$ourFileHandle = fopen($ourFileName, 'w') or die("can't open file");
fclose($ourFileHandle);
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in my /var/www/html/firstphp.php, and opened it with my browser http://localhost/firstphp.php
and it says "can't open file", however, if the file never existed, it would now be created, quoted by www.tizag.com

" The file "testFile.txt" should be created in the same directory where this PHP code resides. PHP will see that "testFile.txt" does not exist and will create it after running this code. "

there is nothing called testFile.txt in my /var/www/html

Hko · 03-13-2006, 11:54 AM

The webserver (apache?) probably does not have write-access to /var/www/html. Try /tmp to start with.

xiekke · 03-13-2006, 03:33 PM

know how to chnge the permission?

Hko · 03-13-2006, 04:13 PM

Just don't change the permission of /var/www and below, as it is bad practice (security holes).

Write the file in another directory where apache has write permission, like /tmp or /var/tmp.

Or create a directory dedicated for this, e.g. /home/htfiles. Then make apache (or www-data) the owner of that directory. To find out who the owner should be, view this through your php-webserver:

PHP Code:



<?php
        system("whoami");
?>

On my PC (debian) the script above says "www-data", so I'd do:

Code:

mkdir /home/htfiles
chown www-data /home/htfiles

And have you PHP script write the file to that directory.

xiekke · 03-14-2006, 09:40 AM

i did chown apache /home/phpfile
and wrote the above script called firstphp2.php in that folder, and when i type localhost/firstphp2.php in my browser, it says the page is not found
is anything else i need to do?
i also did, /home/phpfile/firstphp2.php in my browser, but it starts to ask me what kind of tool should i open the php file with, so i don't think that is right
or is there some other way that lets me executes the php file with out using the browswer

Hko · 03-14-2006, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xiekke

i did chown apache /home/phpfile
and wrote the above script called firstphp2.php in that folder, and when i type localhost/firstphp2.php in my browser, it says the page is not found

You didn't get it:
Leave the PHP script where it was before, just have the script write its file to /home/phpfile:

Code:

$ourFileName = "/home/phpfile/testFile.txt";
$ourFileHandle = fopen($ourFileName, 'w') or die("can't open file");
fclose($ourFileHandle);

xiekke · 03-14-2006, 06:08 PM

ooo thanx dumb me