You pretty much have to give the directory 777 permissions. On a shared server, this is not the ideal solution, but it's the only one. No worries if you're on a dedicated server.
---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Neimeyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 11:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Problems with dbase_create function > > I considered that... > > Problem is I'm not 100% certain how to set that the correct way... (so as > not to screw anything else up) > > Recommendations? > > Thanks > > PS It's good to know I wasn't completely off base... thanks millions! > > >Does the web server have permission to write to the directory where you > >are trying to create the database? PHP runs as the web server when > >installed as a module and it needs permission to write in that > >directory. > > > >---John Holmes... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Neimeyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:19 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [PHP] Problems with dbase_create function > > > > > > Hey All, > > > > > > I'm trying to build a DBF for exporting selected data as a download to > >the > > > end users... But I can't get further than this... > > > > > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > > > $DBFName = "Test.dbf"; > > > $Fields = array( array ("Test","C",32) ); > > > if(dbase_create($DBFName, $Fields)) > > > { echo "Good!"; } else { echo "Bad!"; } > > > > > > It doesn't show an error... and it doesn't create the dbf... it just > >shows > > > "Bad!" and nothing else. > > > > > > Any ideas where I should begin looking? I admit I'm not the most savvy > > > Linux user but I at least got it to admit that the function existed > >(under > > > a freshly compiled php with --enable-dbase on Redhat Linux 7.2) > > > > > > I've also tried $DBFName="./Test.dbf" and > > > "/full_path_from_root_to_html_folder/Test.dbf" and neither work. I've > >also > > > looked through the archives for this list and for the php-db list and > > > haven't seen anything that helps (other than my earlier problem of not > > > having enabled dbase, which appears to be fixed, before it wouldn't > >even > > > show "Bad!". ) > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any ideas... > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
