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Reputation: 537

How to write a text file

test.php opens test.txt and writes to it. It works fine on one hosting server.

After migrating the code to another host, test.php now can't write out test.txt. The error shows:

Warning: fopen(/home/username/public_html/test.txt)
[function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied

It will only work when the test.txt file is set to 777. On the original host, test.txt was set to 755.

What am I missing to give permission for test.php to write to the file without 777 on this new host?

Also, file upload PHP scripts aren't working either.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 92

Answers (1)

Shriram Shrikumar
Shriram Shrikumar

Reputation: 1155

It is not just the permission that is important, but also who owns the files. 755 is enough if the folder/file is owned by the same user that is used for running the web server.

Writing directly to the public_html directory is a huge security risk. I suggest creating a subdirectory (probably best outside the public_html) folder and give it the appropriate permissions / ownership.

It is safer to have the folder owned by the user that runs apache (or whichever web server is being used) - usually something like apache or www-data instead of giving world write permissions.

Upvotes: 1

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