Re: fopen() on a network share?

2009/6/16 Andrew Ballard <aballard@gmail.com> > 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 > Guess not, as the backslash after the hostname escapes the next character. no matter if it's quoted. 'this is unterminated, btw \'