Instead of unlink?

[banpro]

I have a script that creates folders and files on my server, but in creating them php holds control of the files (I can't edit or update them). By viewing the source of the files, and then using unlink() I can delete the files and manually recreate them so that they are free of php's control but is there an easier way to do this? Perhaps a command I'm overlooking for releasing php's control from a created file without deleting it as unlink does? That way the file can later be edited or updated with ease.

Thanks in advance,
Scott

[planetsim]

can i see on how you are creating these files. It doesnt make much sense that php has full control of them.

[banpro]

Sure, I'm using the following two lines to create the directories and an index page in them:

 mkdir("$user");
 touch("$user/index.php");

These are followed by some simple file writing lines that build the index.php page based on user input from a form, but that's about it.

[planetsim]

hmm..

try this

mkdir($user);
touch($user."/index.php");

if im not mistaken your directories might have been $user

Well thats what it did on my test server..

[banpro]

Thanks for the idea, but it still holds control over the files? This seems pretty weird to me.

[planetsim]

Yes its weird.. I cant think of anything at the moment that may help you either..