Upload permission denied

[Ukoku]

So I'm learning to upload files through php. Mostly, I've just copy-and-pasted a script and filled in the location. (That's how we learn, yes?) Anyway, it's denying permission to upload.

Warning: Unable to create '/usr/home/www/temp/yay.txt': Permission denied in /usr/home/www/temp/upload.php on line 10

It seems that if that worked, the rest of the code would be fine....

...now that I think of it, do I have to chmod the permissions of the directory to allow it?

EDIT: I tried setting the directory to chmod 666, which allows reading and writing to all. It still didn't work.

[LordShryku]

Yeah, you need to chmod 777 methinks. Best to make it a directory outside of the doc_root if possible.

[Ukoku]

777 worked. Thank you. I just needed a little prompting, it seems.