save data to file

[dilated]

I am trying to save data to a file on my server.

The data ( a large string) is received in the url in the form myfile.php?theData=datastringhere

my code looks like this...

<?

$theName = uniqid('plan_').'.pdf';
$thePath = '/www/vhtdocs/marshallcontracts/devel/uploads/';

$newFile = fopen ($thePath . $theName, 'wb');
fwrite ($newFile, $theData, $theUnencodedSize);
fclose ($newFile);


?>

But this code flags up a Permission denied error on line 7.

Im not sure where I am going wrong 🙁

[trexx]

most likely it's just as your error says... you don't have the permission to write a file in that directory.
you should check what user PHP uses on your system and what permissions this user has.

[dilated]

this works fine...

<?

$theName = uniqid('plan_').'.pdf';
$thePath = '/www/vhtdocs/marshallcontracts/devel/plans/';

$pdfdata = str_replace ('%0A', "\r\n", $pdfdata);
$pdfdata = urldecode ($pdfdata);
$theUnencodedSize = strlen ($pdfdata);

$newFile = fopen ($thePath . $theName, 'w+b');
fwrite ($newFile, $pdfdata, $theUnencodedSize);
fclose ($newFile);


?>