[vox-tech] PHP fopen() bug

Rod Roark rod at sunsetsystems.com
Sun Mar 20 13:07:02 PST 2005


On Sunday 20 March 2005 11:22 am, Mark Street wrote:
> php will 'try' to create the file.  It is up to you to make sure the 
> underlying OS permissions are such that a file can be created and the 
> configuration of php is such that a file may be created.
> 
> I just tried it on my FC3 box with a local file in the dir, and a file in tmp, 
> with both modes, w and ab.  No problem.
> 
> Look to filesystem permissions/ownership or php.ini

I believe it's a problem with the version of PHP that
happens to come with Ubuntu (which BTW is not the very
latest PHP).  It's definitely not a permissions problem
since, as I said, it works if you precede the fopen with
a touch.

-- Rod


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