permissions problem

[facetown]

ok...i'm workin on a file creation script and I get an error. everything looks like it should work fine, but it doesn't. Here is my code for the form:

<form action="create_page.php" method="post">
<b>Create Page:</b><br>
Filename: <input type="text" name="name" class="text"><br>
Directory:
<select name="dirname">
<option>Select Directory
<option>Main
<option>Activities
<option>FBLA Officers
<option>DECA Officers
</select><br>
<input type="submit" value=" Create " class="button">
</form>

Here is the code for the "create_page.php" file:

<?php

if ( $dirname == "Main" )
$dir = "../../..";
elseif ( $dirname == "Activities" )
$dir = "../../../activities";
elseif ( $dirname == "FBLA Officers" )
$dir = "../../../users/fbla/officers";
elseif ( $dirname == "DECA Officers" )
$dir = "../../../users/deca/officers";
else
die("You must select a directory");

chmod("$dir", 0777);
$file = "$dir/$filename";
touch("$file");

?>

and here is the error I get:

Warning: utime failed: Permission denied in f:\program files\easyphp\www\fbla\users\fbla\officers\create_
page.php on line 16

Could anybody assist me with this problem?

[shareaweb]

Check you security permissions on the directory and give your IUSR_machinename account write/modify access to the directory. (IIS runs php under this account name, which in turn is running php..)

[facetown]

I'm still confused

Is there any other way that I could do this?

[nesvarbu]

I have teh same problem, when I trie to create a file in teh directory that I just created. I have an error: Permision denied. I checked php.ini and apache config files for smth that could change teh permisions but I didnt find anything....So Im also stuck with this problem.
I have posted my problem here, but there's no good anwser....

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10258430