chmod help

[kornlord283]

Hi, i am new to php coding, and i was following a tutorial on installing a php download counter

well the first step was to "chmod 777" the counter TXT file, i have no idea how to chmod 777 permissions, can someone please tell me how to do that?

[hi-liter]

unix chmod
http://cs-www.bu.edu/help/unix/using_chmod.html
http://www.sofer.com/research/unix.html

via ftp
http://www.langara.bc.ca/ics/chmod.html

php chmod
http://us3.php.net/chmod

[kornlord283]

hm its not working correctly...

heres my code:

ar3_dl.php (part of it)
Downloads:

<? include("downloads/counters/ar3_manual.txt"); ?>

downloads/download.php

<? 
/*                               __                          

//   .-----.-----.-. .-.-----.--|  |-----.-----.-----.-----. 
//   |__ --|  -  | |_| |     |  _  |  .__|  - _|  -  |     | 
//   |_____|_____|_____|__|__|_____|__|  |_____|_| |_|_|||_| 
//   . ..: s o u n d r e a m   o r g a n i z a t i o n :.. . 
//                      . ..Coding Division.. . 
// 
//  PHP Script..: Download Counter 
//  Made By.....: |The-Crow| - [email][e-mail][/email] 
//  Site........: [url]http://soundream.planet-d.net[/url] 
*/ 

//--------------------------------------------------------// 
//              PLEASE DEFINE THE VARIABLES               // 
//--------------------------------------------------------// 

  $extension = "";         //leave this blank if you have various extensions. 
  $counterdir = "counters/";     //change this if you want other directory for the counter files. 

  $textfont = "Verdana,Arial";  //text font for the error msg 
  $SERVER_ADMIN = "[e-mail]";
  $SERVER_ADMIN_2 = "kornlord283";

//--------------------------------------------------------// 
//             DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING FROM HERE             // 
//--------------------------------------------------------// 

  if (file_exists("$get$extension")) 
       { 
        header("location: $get$extension"); // download the file [downloads.php?get=name_of_download] 
    $file = fopen("$counterdir/$get$extension.txt","r+");  // download counter 
    $count = fread($file, filesize("$counterdir/$get$extension.txt")); 
    fclose($file); 
    $count += 1; 
    $file = fopen("$counterdir/$get$extension.txt","w+"); 
    fputs($file, $count); 
    fclose($file); 
       } 
  else     echo "<font face=$textfont size=2>"; 
    echo "<center><br><br>That file [<b>$get$extension</b>] is not available for download.<br>"; 
    echo "Please contact the site administrator <a href='mailto:$SERVER_ADMIN'>$SERVER_ADMIN_2</a>."; 

?>

downloads/counters/ar3_manual.txt

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someone tell me where i should put the chmod, because whereever i put it it has an error message

[hi-liter]

well the first step was to "chmod 777" the counter TXT file

it seems to me, from what you say here, that you need to physically change the permission on the text file you're saving stuff to: ar3_manual.txt

so on the web server, change the permission of ar3_manual.txt
to 777.

the links above will instruct you how to do that. you don't say that you tried to change the permission, or did, or did not or ?

first things first 😕

and

hm its not working correctly...

doesn't exactly give anyone a clue as to what could be happening. what kind of error are you getting...

if you are using some type of ftp softare like wsftp or something open that up, find your text file, click on it and go to the ftp commands/chmod(unix) setting...

if you shell into a unix server then go to the dir where the text file is and # chomd ar3_manual.txt 777

follow those links above and check that stuff out.

EDIT:
and this post most likely belongs in the linux/unix forum
http://phpbuilder.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=12

[kornlord283]

hm...

well I'm using a pretty lame FTP program, i only downloaded it because it was a small size, otherwise i would have gotten smart FTP or something like that...

okay, i will see what i can do with other FTP programs then, thanx for the help

[talkster5]

Yeah i was confused by this at first use WS-FTP its really easy to CHOMD

[n00854180t]

Go with SmartFTP its worth the download. WS_FTP isn't a favorite pick of mine because it incorrectly deletes files sometimes and will end up leaving you with a bunch of strange half deleted files. Also the last time I used it it didn't support deleting folders unless they are empty.