Re: Fwd: [PHP] php not reading file properly

If the directory above it doesn't have execute privileges, it won't be able to read it either. Also, why not use the PHP5 function file_get_contents()? Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com sean greenslade wrote: > Thanks for the advice. I changed the perms to 777 and changed the user and > group to apache, but it still won't open. > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Robbert van Andel <swimmer1974@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Does the user your PHP instance runs as have access to the file? It's >> possible that it runs under a different users depending on if you're running >> the script on the terminal or in a web browser. The function fopen will >> return false if the file fails to open. Find out if $fh is equal to false. >> While you're debugging, you might consider changing the display errors >> setting to see what warning fopen generates if the file fails to open. From >> http://us.php.net/fopen >> Errors/Exceptions >> >> If the open fails, the function an error of level *E_WARNING* is >> generated. You may use >> @<http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php>to >> suppress this warning. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:15 PM, sean greenslade <zootboysean@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >>> I have this snippet of code that is supposed to read the apache access log >>> and display it: >>> <?php >>> $myFile = "/var/log/httpd/access_log"; >>> $fh = fopen($myFile, 'r'); >>> $theData = fread($fh, filesize($myFile)); >>> fclose($fh); >>> echo >>> "This weeks apache log (clears every sunday morning):". >>> substr($theData,0,2000); >>> ?> >>> For some reason, it displays the logs when I run the php file thru >>> terminal: >>> php -f /web/apache.php >>> >>> but not when I access it thru the web. when I browse to it, it just >>> displays >>> the static text ("This weeks apache log (clears every sunday morning):"), >>> not the log text. >>> >>> Very confused, >>> zootboy >>> >>> >> > > >