Calling expect script that write to a file

wael_o

hello,
I am very new to PHP and I am trying to use it (along with forms) to interface
users to my scripts. I am starting by using php to call a smiple script that creates
a file and writes to it and I can not get it to create the file. I do not see any eeror messages, but I do not see the file getting created. I am running on unix machine at work. My questions are:
1. is the attached code looks ok? if there a better way to do it?
2. Is there some permissions that does not allow me to create files on the dir that hosts the php script?

Thank you,
Wae.

html>
<head><title>regress</title></head>
<body>

<?php
/ i am not using this for now /
$image_loc = $POST['image_loc'];
$console_name = $POST['console_name'];
$console_port = $POST['console_port'];
$power_console = $POST['power_console'];
$power_line = $_POST['power_line'];

/call my expect script and create a file in cuurent dir /
$last_line = system('trial.exp', $retval);

</body>
</html>

rbblue8

hey.
first off if it was a permission issue you would be getting the error in a php debug dump in your scripts (trust me.. you would know it). Now how you have it coded it may be putting the file where ever php's tmp folder is. I forget off the top of my head... but it's probly there.

I would strongly recomand that you read up on file handling. such as the following commands
fopen()
fclose()
fwrite()
fread()

if you seach google for thoes terms, it will give you exactly what you need to know aobut thoes terms and how to use them.

Sorry.. But i'm not going to write your code for ya. Learing is 1/2 the fun of php 🙂

wael_o

Thank you,rbblue8, for your response. Atleast, we ruled out permission issues 🙂
I might not been clear in explaining the problem. I am not using php to
open/read/write files... my expect script is the one that open/read/write files.

Does that make a difference?

Thanks you

colinexl

actually i have a similar problem that you are having. Im also using an expect script written in Tcl to try and create a file. It doesn't seem to be working right now and I can't find where the tmp folder might be.

The php doesn't read or modify any files, it's the expect script that does all the file manipulation, php just has to call that script and let it run. But right now it doesn't seem that it's even running =(