copying files between servers

[welshs]

I am trying to create a txt file on a server that is not my web server using the following php the code.

<?
$fp = fopen("server ip\directory structure to file\testlist.txt", "a");
$outputstring = $firstName.",".$lastName.",".$school.",".$Number.",".$day."/".$month."/".$year."\n";
fwrite($fp, $outputstring);
fclose($fp);
?>

The error message I get is

fopen("server ip\directory structure testlist", "a") - No such file or directory in E:\lnetpub\Homepage\account\test\Out.php on line 7

How do I point it so its not looking on the web server.

please help

[John_Canyon]

I would say you have 3 possibilities.

1). The 2 computers are on an internal network and
you have write permissions on the second server.
(Can you say security nightmare? 🙂)

2.) You create the file on 1 server and FTP it over to
your other server.

3.) You post the data to your other server and have a
script waiting to receive the data and create your
file.

The code you are trying to use will not work, it will only
create a file on the server the script is running on.

Cheers

[welshs]

If I was to go for option 1 could you give me some sample code to use

[sdjensen]

If you are working on a windows server, you should use the following for opening a file on c-drive

$fp = fopen("\server ip\c$\directory structure to file\testlist.txt", "a");

[welshs]

I have tried this but Im getting this error message,

fopen("\server_ip\c$\pupils.txt","r") - No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\UpdatedSite2\otherserv.php

Has it something to do with my other server not being a web server.

[John_Canyon]

First you will not be able to access your second server like you would opening a file on your existing box.

User something like

$url = "http://server_ip/c$/pupils.txt";

$fp = fopen($url,"r");
while(!feof($fp))
{
$content .= fgets($fp,4096);
}
fclose($fp);

Cheers.