Re: Problems with files!!!!!

Tyrone Mills wrote: > I don't know if it's been mentioned or not, but I have found that unless the > file exists, I can't open it. Have you verified that the file exists and the > user that the script will run as has the appropriate permissions? > > I think you are mistaken. According to the PHP manual page, with fopen the option 'w' does the following: "Open for writing only; place the file pointer at the beginning of the file and truncate the file to zero length. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it. " In this case the line: $fp = fopen("tmp/some.dat", "w"); // trying to open file in my Would create the file if it did not exist, but you make a good point that permissions need to be set. The directory would need to probably be world writable (usually 755 or xrw-rw-rw). _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com