RE: [PHP] Problems with dbase_create function

Does the web server have permission to write to the directory where you are trying to create the database? PHP runs as the web server when installed as a module and it needs permission to write in that directory. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Neimeyer [mailto:matt@neimeyer.org] > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:19 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Problems with dbase_create function > > Hey All, > > I'm trying to build a DBF for exporting selected data as a download to the > end users... But I can't get further than this... > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > $DBFName = "Test.dbf"; > $Fields = array( array ("Test","C",32) ); > if(dbase_create($DBFName, $Fields)) > { echo "Good!"; } else { echo "Bad!"; } > > It doesn't show an error... and it doesn't create the dbf... it just shows > "Bad!" and nothing else. > > Any ideas where I should begin looking? I admit I'm not the most savvy > Linux user but I at least got it to admit that the function existed (under > a freshly compiled php with --enable-dbase on Redhat Linux 7.2) > > I've also tried $DBFName="./Test.dbf" and > "/full_path_from_root_to_html_folder/Test.dbf" and neither work. I've also > looked through the archives for this list and for the php-db list and > haven't seen anything that helps (other than my earlier problem of not > having enabled dbase, which appears to be fixed, before it wouldn't even > show "Bad!". ) > > Thanks in advance for any ideas... > > Matt > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php