Re: fopen() on a network share?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Shawn McKenzie<nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote: > Brian Dunning wrote: >> Extra info, in case needed: my code says >> >> fopen('\\servername\sharename\folder\file.xml', 'w'); >> >> and it returns "Failed to open stream, no such file or directory". I've >> verified that the PHP machine does have unrestricted permissions to that >> share and to the directory. Thanks. >> >> >> On Jun 15, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Brian Dunning wrote: >> >>> Running on Windows... I have a network share, \\sharename\foldername, >>> and I want to write a file. How do I format the pathname with fopen() >>> for this? >> >> >> > As I remember, you either have to double slash or use the other slash. > > \\\\servername\\sharename\\folder\\file.xml > > or > > //servername/sharename/folder/file.xml > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > I think '\\\\servername\sharename\folder\file.xml' will work if you're using single quotes around the string. The only slashes that would need escaped are the first two since the first slash in '\\' escapes the second. Andrew