Question

I am trying to edit an external file. I have changed file’s chmods (666) and I can read the file using file_get_contents but i am unable to put content:

[function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections

how can I solve that problem?

is there any way to edit files on external servers? maybe you can suggest better method

Answer 1

CHMOD the file(s) on the external server to 0777, then they can be changed externally:

<?php
chmod("/somedir/somefile", 0777);
?>

Then use for editing:

<?php
$file = fopen ("ftp://login:password@server", "w");

if (!$file) {
  echo "<p>Unable to open remote file for writing.\n";
  exit;
}

/* Write the data here. */
fwrite ($file, "blablabla");
fclose ($file);
?>

Be aware that this can create a major security risk.