PHP failed to create file

[musicman1985]

Hi.
I have a simple php

<?php // testfile.php
  $fh = fopen("testfile.txt", 'w') or die("Failed to create file");

  $text = <<<_END
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
_END;

  fwrite($fh, $text) or die("Could not write to file");
  fclose($fh);
  echo "File 'testfile.txt' written successfully";
?>

When I open in browser I get the message "Failed to create file". How can I fix this? Thanks.

 

[BigDady]

What if you just execute the first line?
<?php // testfile.php
$fh = fopen("testfile.txt", 'w') or die("Failed to create file");
?>

 

[Sdfgbdfbhdfhfg54yeh]

I think you have a permission problem. As a web user shouldn't have write permission to.... Try an absolute path.

 

[musicman1985]

What if you just execute the first line?
<?php // testfile.php
$fh = fopen("testfile.txt", 'w') or die("Failed to create file");
?>

I still get the message "Failed to create file".

 

[musicman1985]

I think you have a permission problem. As a web user shouldn't have write permission to.... Try an absolute path.

It must be a permission problem. How can I fix this? I' m using macOS, and I'm new to PHP coding.

 

[FResher]

Hello !

<?php

$fh = fopen("testfile.txt", 'w+') or die("Failed to create file");

// as 'w' is not enough, use 'w+' . it includes the creation of the file if needed.

?>

when you need informations about one function part of php,
reach the 'official website' at : www.php.net

 

[musicman1985]

Hello !

<?php

$fh = fopen("testfile.txt", 'w+') or die("Failed to create file");

// as 'w' is not enough, use 'w+' . it includes the creation of the file if needed.

?>

when you need informations about one function part of php,
reach the 'official website' at : www.php.net

I still get the message "Failed to create file" . I even tried adding chmod("testfile.txt", 0600); but get the same message.

 

[menator01]

You could try this. Will create the file in the same directory as executing script.

<?php
$fh = fopen(dirname(__FILE__) . "/test.txt","w+") or die('Error');
if($fh) {
    echo 'File Created';
}
else {
    echo 'File not Created';
}

?>

 

[musicman1985]

You could try this. Will create the file in the same directory as executing script.

<?php
$fh = fopen(dirname(__FILE__) . "/test.txt","w+") or die('Error');
if($fh) {
    echo 'File Created';
}
else {
    echo 'File not Created';
}

?>

Doesn't work; get some error message.

 

[menator01]

Are you running it from a server or cli?
Are you on a host or is it on local machine?

 

[musicman1985]

I am running it on apache server(XAMPP) localhost. I tried the code (original) online on a site that I use for practice and it works fine. Also when I enter php -v in Terminal it produces nothing.

 

[menator01]

I'm not familiar with the mac os but, I'm inclined to agree that it's probably a permissions problem.

 

[Sdfgbdfbhdfhfg54yeh]

I don't know XAMPP, and have done that kinda stuff in a long time, but for setting permissions try:

XAMPP permissions on Mac OS X?

I installed XAMPP 1.7.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 without changing any defaults. The webserver seems to work okay, but the permissions on the htdocs directory are set to "Read only" for everyone other ...

stackoverflow.com

Apache Friends Support Forum • View topic - Permission issue on Mac

Note also Mac's come with apache & php
So if run a command from the terminal you'll need to append the /Applications/XAMPP.app/... path on to it, otherwise you'll probably get the one in usr/bin/

 

[musicman1985]

I

I don't know XAMPP, and have done that kinda stuff in a long time, but for setting permissions try:

XAMPP permissions on Mac OS X?

I installed XAMPP 1.7.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 without changing any defaults. The webserver seems to work okay, but the permissions on the htdocs directory are set to "Read only" for everyone other ...

stackoverflow.com

Apache Friends Support Forum • View topic - Permission issue on Mac

Note also Mac's come with apache & php
So if run a command from the terminal you'll need to append the /Applications/XAMPP.app/... path on to it, otherwise you'll probably get the one in usr/bin/

I switched to AMPPS and it works fine. Something went wrong with the XAMPP installation.