Script will not create a file

Talguy

Can someone please help me out and explain to me why my script will not create the desired file I want. The paths are correct so it is not them.

<?php
  error_reporting(E_ALL);

  /* Count number of hits on the site when user enters site 
   * for the first time every three hours
   */
  function countPageHits() {
    $date = date('m_d_Y');
    $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    $path = '../logs/counter/CounterLog.'.$date.'.log';
    if(!isset($_COOKIE['COUNT'])) {
	  if(!is_file($path)) 
	    createNewLog($path);
	  $handle = fopen($path, 'a');
	  $contents = $ip.' '.time().' '.$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
	  fwrite($handle, $contents);
	  fclose($handle);
	  setcookie('COUNT', 'counted', time()+60*60*3, '/');
    }
  }

  /* Create new log is it does not exists */
  function createNewLog($path) {
	if(!is_file($path)) {
  	  if(!$handle = fopen($path, 'w')) {
	    echo "Cannot create file";
        exit;
	  }
      fclose($handle);
	}
  }  

  countPageHits();
?>

NogDog

If PHP is run as an Apache module on your server, then you need to ensure that the user under whom it is run (typically called "nobody") has write permission on the target directory.

Talguy

I have write permission and it is not a module but a regular installation

NogDog

The "module" version is the "regular" (or at least most common) installation when using Apache web server. This typically means that on *nix systems you need to give "world" write access to any directory you want the script to be able to write to, i.e. "777" permission on the directory.

A quick way to check if this is the problem would be to try something like the following:

<?php
$dir = '../logs/counter';
if(!is_dir($dir))
{
   echo "$dir is not a directory or is not readable by this script";
}
if(!is_writable($dir))
{
   echo "$dir is not writable by this script";
}
?>

Talguy

ok so i tried out your script and it returned that it was not writable for the path ../logs/counter but when i changed the path to /logs/counter it said that the directory was writable. I am calling this script from my index page that is at the same level as my logs directory and I am also running my server on windows right now until i can find a cheap cheap comp to run it on. Also when i change the path in the countPageHits() function to /logs/counter it gives me this error

logs/counter is writable by this script
Warning: fopen(/logs/counter/CounterLog.05_22_2007.log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\upload-system\utils\counter.php on line 25
Cannot create file

bradgrafelman

Warning: fopen(/logs

Looks like you're using an absolute path. Are you really trying to open "C:\logs\" ?

Talguy

I am trying to open C:\wamp\www\upload-system\logs\counter

should I use that as my path

bradgrafelman

Talguy wrote:
should I use that as my path

Sure, if you're not going to migrate the script off of your computer then by all means, use an absolute path.

If not, use a relative path.