[vox-tech] PHP fopen() bug

[Josh Parsons]

On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 07:28 -0800, Rod Roark wrote:

>   $fh = fopen('/tmp/test', 'w');
> 
> always fails with a "no such file or directory" error.  It
> doesn't seem to matter what the path is.
> 
> What DOES work is:
> 
>   touch('/tmp/test');
>   $fh = fopen('/tmp/test', 'w');
> 
> Has anyone heard of such a thing?  How can such a basic
> problem exist in a distribution that's been out for almost
> six months?  Yes, I have all the latest updates.

This is more likely to be php's fault than that of the distribution.
(though you might check the permissions of /tmp). Have you read through
php.ini and checked that the security settings (safe_mode, etc.) are set
as you want them?

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