You can check the user name by having the following PHP script: <?php echo `whoami`; This may not work but it's worth a try. If it doesn't work you can try finding the USER environment variable and echo that to find out whether your users are the same. Cheers Tim On 8/04/2015 9:31 am, "Jeffry Killen" <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Apr 7, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Ryan Pallas wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Jeffry Killen <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> sorry I should have done reply all >>> >>> >>> On Apr 7, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 2015-04-07 at 12:54 -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi again; >>>>> >>>>> I have a CMS that I use locally for dev purposes. >>>>> >>>>> It has a facility for creating a sub directory with the name pattern: >>>>> lab_# >>>>> >>>>> Within each lab_# are directories like lab_#/css, lab_#/js, lab_#/php, >>>>> So I want to upload a file into dev_labs/lab_8/php and the php dir >>>>> has permissions set to 0755 ( web server user is the owner because >>>>> a php script created the dir and sub dirs). >>>>> >>>>> Uploading to the target dir fails with the error write permission >>>>> denied. >>>>> >>>>> So when a file is uploaded via a php script who is the user? (in >>>>> Apache on MacOSX, or any version of a unix system) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for info >>>>> JK >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> To overload this thread, I have another issue at hand: >>> I thought that ZipArchive is a built-in class. At least that is the >>> implication of the manual. >>> But when I do $_zipper = new ZipArchive (as in below), I get a fatal >>> error: class ZipArchive not found. >>> Fatal error: Class 'ZipArchive' not found in /path/dev_lab/lab_8/php/ >>> archiver.php >>> on line 14 >>> class _ARCHIVER >>> { >>> private static $_class = ''; >>> private static $_zipper = ''; >>> >>> public function __construct() >>> { >>> self::$_class = get_class($this); >>> self::$_zipper = new ZipArchive; // << fatal error >>> } >>> // ...etc.... >>> } >>> >>> You'll want to check the manual again, >> http://php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php you need to compile php to >> have it on Linux and use the extension= directive in php.ini for windows. >> >> Thanks for time and attention >>> JK >>> >>> > Looking at phpinfo() for this serve, you're right it isn't compiled in. I > was > just looking at the manu specific to ZipArchive and not the > zip.installation part > I have another local server that does have it compiled in. > > Muchas gracias. > JK > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >