On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 07:48 -0500, Alice Wei wrote: > > > Subject: RE: PHP unlink Permission Error > > From: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > CC: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:07:34 +0000 > > > > On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 11:49 -0500, Alice Wei wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: RE: PHP unlink Permission Error > > > > From: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > CC: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:50:31 +0000 > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 11:33 -0500, Alice Wei wrote: > > > > > Hi, Ashley: > > > > > > > > > > Sorry. To answer the question from your previous entry, it > looks > > > > > like that my permission could be set and changed for the > folder, > > > but > > > > > when I do it on the "file", I only get 0666. I have the latest > > > code on > > > > > another entry. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for your help. > > > > > > > > > > Alice > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alice Wei > > > > > > > > > > Indiana University, Master of Information Science > > > > > > > > > > Application Programmer > > > > > ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc. > > > > > 420 N. Walnut St. > > > > > Bloomington, IN 47404 > > > > > > > > > > 812-330-6644 (office) > > > > > 812-219-5708 (mobile) > > > > > > > > > > Alice.Wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(email) > > > > > http://www.procurecenters.com/index.php (web) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Subject: RE: PHP unlink Permission Error > > > > > From: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > CC: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:36:36 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > <snip/> > > > > > > > > > > No, we tend to bottom-post on this list. It's just how we > roll... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ash > > > > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search Try it now! > > > > > > > > The user that your web server is running under (I'm guessing > apache > > > of > > > > wwwrun) , does this have permission to write to the file. If > not, it > > > > won't be able to set the permissions for it. You may need to > exec > > > out a > > > > sudo command to do it, but I wouldn't recommend this. > > > > > > > > If you need PHP to be able to delete the file, what put it there > in > > > the > > > > first place? > > > > > > > > > > > > Ash > > > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > What I am trying to do here is that a user would be pushing a > button > > > so that the data entries would generate an outfile. The only issue > is > > > that the lines would be appended in the file, (I have no issues > with > > > this part writing to the file, no permission errors, etc). > Therefore, > > > before the outfile is generated, I need to have the prexisting > outfile > > > removed and recreated to be written to so that it always stays a > new > > > file for use. > > > > > > This is why this script as you have seen is as it is so that I can > > > constantly check if the file exists, and generate a new file if > there > > > is. > > > In this case, is there something I could do? > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Alice > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day > > > trial! Learn more! > > > > If your script is writing to the file, and the directory has 777 > > permissions, then there should be no trouble deleting the file. If > > that's still a problem, why not each time the file needs to be > created > > anew, open the file with a w flag, which will open it for writing, > and > > will try to create the file if it doesn't already exist, so you > wouldn't > > ever need to delete it at all. > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > Hi, > > It is weird, because what is on my code for appending and writing > looks like this: > > $myFile = "testFile.txt"; > $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a'); > fwrite($fh, $hello); > fwrite($fh, "\r\n"); > fclose($fh); > > The file itself gets executed continuously based on the number I have > on the loop. > And, my file for creating the file, I have shortened it to only 2 > lines: > > $handle = fopen("testFile.txt", "w"); > fclose($handle); > > What is interesting is that the files seem to be working, but the file > keeps on getting appended rather than recreated when the my code to > "w" the file get executed. I am using this with Actionscript, which > calls the first function to open and write the file (or clean up the > file), and then do whatever is needed in the second function to append > the text to the file. > > Am I doing anything wrong here? > > Thanks in advance. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! Talk > now! How is Actionscript calling it? Are you sure that it is indeed calling it properly, and what happens if you execute only the PHP statements without any Actionscript? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
