[Resolved] Creating Folder/Files outside Doc_root

[planetsim]

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

$nDir=count($dir=explode("/",$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']));
unset($dir[($nDir-1)]);
$dir=implode("/",$dir);
if (!is_dir($dir."/username")) {
  $old_umask = umask(0000);
  if (!mkdir($dir."/username",0777)) {
    die('Couldnt Create Directory');
  }
  umask($old_umask);
}

$fp=fopen($dir."/username/".time()."txt","w+");
if (!$fp) {
  die ("Couldnt Create Test File(s)");
} else {
  fwrite($fp,time());
  fclose($fp);
}

?>

Thats a test script i created to try and create files outside the document_root, so far im only getting a Permission Denied error

Warning: mkdir(/home/pitch/*/username): Permission denied in /home/pitch/**/html/testfile.php on line 10

[planetsim]

Ok I got it working however I had to chmod the folder outside the root to 777 which is not what i want 🙁

Anyway at all to login with PHP as the user then create the folder/file then logout again?

[drawmack]

check into php's ftp functions

[planetsim]

Yea that was my last option but just found a simple solution. 😃

[drawmack]

Originally posted by planetsim
Yea that was my last option but just found a simple solution. 😃

which is?

[planetsim]

Forgot to create a directory that was chmod 777 then be able to create folders/files etc. Instead i was trying everything except the most simpliest thing. I hate that :glare: