Strange PHP behaver on new server

[Roel018]

Hi all !

I recently switched to a new hosting provider, and I can't get my php driven (cms-style) site to run correctly.

For example, I created this example to test php file-handling methods:

<?PHP
$file = "flower.jpg";
unlink($file);
?>

The example above gives no error, but does not delete the file.. Even when I remove the file manualy, and run this script - it still gives no PHP error !!!! While on my other server, it does !..

The strange thing is, that when I remove the ; character, it does give a parsing error, so the problem seems file-handling functions -related.

Anyone has any idea ?? Cause this way I can't manipulate or upload files in any possible way.. 🙁

Thnx in advance folks !

Roel.

[suomynonA]

Look in the file named "php.ini" in your PHP directory and find the section under the name of "Error handling and logging". See what level of warning is set there. If it's something like E_PARSE, try changing it to E_ALL, then restart Apache (or whatever you're using as a webserver) and see if you get any warnings when running the script.

EDIT: I've just seen that you said "hosting provider"...try to find out the information above.

EDIT2: You can find out the same info with phpinfo();

[NogDog]

Or just insert the following at the beginning of your script:

error_reporting(E_ALL);

Then you should at least see any errors, warnings, or notices generated by your script.

My guess is it is a permissions problem on the file and/or the directory it's in -- you'll probably have to give write access to all for both the directory and the file, since the web server runs your scripts under an account other than your login account (often called "nobody" on Apache).