On Friday 14 February 2003 16:36, Dunkel wrote:

> How do I ensure that all file access permissions are allowed? What is
> the proper way to do it?
>
> - I tried to 'fopen' an existing text file but got "Permission denied"
> error.
> - I tried different parameters, same error
> - I tried to use 'chmode', same thing
>
> Same thing with different servers so I'm obviously doing something
> wrong. Everything else works fine but the writing doesn't.
>
> The (writing)code is very basic
> (the textfile.txt exists before this):
>
>         <?php
>
>         $filename = "textfile.txt";
>         $somecontent = "the text to add\n";
>         $handle = fopen($filename, 'a+w');
>         fwrite($handle, $somecontent);
>         fclose($handle);
>
>         ?>
>
> So, what should I do to get it work?

Try using the /fullpath/to/the/file. If you're in doubt about the permissions 
try writing to the system temp directory (/tmp for example).

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