CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phppermissionstext-files
jjf3
jjf3

Reputation: 127

cannot edit any php files using specific functions

I cannot update any txt files using php. When I write a simple code like the following:

<?php 

// create file pointer 
$fp = fopen("C:/Users/jj/bob.txt", 'w') or die('Could not open file, or fike does not                exist and failed to create.'); 

$mytext = '<b>hi. This is my test</b>'; 

// write text to file 
fwrite($fp, $mytext) or die('Could not write to file.'); 
$content = file("C:/Users/jj/bob.txt");


// close file 
fclose($fp); 

?>

Both files do exist in the folder. I just cannot see any updates on bob.txt.

Is this a permission error in windows? It works fine on my laptop at home. I also cannot change the php files on my website, using filezilla.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 152

Answers (2)

Funk Forty Niner
Funk Forty Niner

Reputation: 74217

It may very well be a file permissions issue.

Try your code using a direct pointer to the file instead of a path to it, using the following code:

I added a chmod directive. See the comments above chmod ($file, 0644);

Tested succesfully on my hosted WWW website:

<?php 

// create file pointer 

$file = "bob.txt";
$fp = fopen($file, 'w') or die('Could not open file, or fike does not exist and failed to create.'); 

// chmod ($file, 0777); // or use 0777 if 0644 does not work
chmod ($file, 0644);

$mytext = '<b>hi. This is my test</b>'; 

// write text to file 
fwrite($fp, $mytext) or die('Could not write to file.'); 
$content = file("bob.txt");

// close file 
fclose($fp); 

?>

Upvotes: 1

Lukas Goes
Lukas Goes

Reputation: 45

Perhaps you have to set the permission from bob.txt to 0777 (or something else). In FileZilla it is very easy, because you can just check the permissions you want.

Upvotes: 0

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