On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 17:49, Caspar Kennerdale wrote: > I am writing files to my server using > > $fp = fopen("myfile.txt", "w"); > > this all works. However in the php manual it says that by using the "w" > switch that php will create the file if it doesn exist > > However this does not seem to work > > I can only write to a file that already exists and has CHMOD 777 > > Is this a school boy error or do I need my server re configured?
Sounds like the webserver doesn't have permission to write into that directory. Permissions 777 lets anyone write to the file, so there's a good chance I'm right. jg -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]