Question

I am trying to create a file using php to a dirctory which has cmod 0777 so it should be fine.

Here is the code:

$fh = fopen("/_myfiles/myfile.txt", "w+");

if ($fh==false)
{
    die("unable to create file");
}

But all I get is "unable to create file". Any ideas on what it could be?

Note: For the path I’ve also tried:

$fh = fopen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/_myfiles/myfile.txt", "w+");

with no success.

Answer 1

fopen() generates an E_WARNING message on failure.

I recommend using error_reporting(E_ALL) to show the warning and this should help you to troubleshoot the problem from there.