[RESOLVED] setting file permissions

[clearmedia]

Hi all,

I need to know how to set permissions on text files.

The files are created dynamically so I need to set the permissions as the files are created.

I basically want my php script to still be able to read/write to the files, but not allow someone to access the file by url

Cheers

[NogDog]

Put them in a directory outside the web document root and you're all set.

[clearmedia]

what would the url be of a directory outside public_html? (so i can access it with script)

[NogDog]

It would not have a URL, as by definition, files outside of the web document root directory are not accessible via HTTP. You would access them from your PHP scripts via file system path-names, not URLs.

<?php
readfile $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/../text_files/file.txt';
?>

[clearmedia]

sensational NogDog! just what i needed...you rock