File permitions

I've a web-site developed in Perl and, now, I'm converting it to PHP. I've a private directory in my site where I store the counter data (number of visitors, since when, last date) and other information like name, e-mail address, etc. of people who fill a form into the site. In Perl those files were created automatically, even the directory had "700" on permitions, in PHP I've to set it to "777", opening the access to those files to everyone. Is there any possibility to write to files as "httpd" or "system" (which can write to files even with "000" permitions)? Thank you, Manuel Silva recognize@lusoweb.pt ----------------------------- Visite http://www.lusoweb.pt