fopen() problems

[neridaj]

Hello,

I'm just following some php tutorials regarding file access and can't seem to successfully open a file. Here is what I have:

$DOCUMENT_ROOT = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
$fp = fopen("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../orders/orders.txt", 'ab');
if(!$fp){
echo '<p>There was a problem with your order, sorry!</p>';
exit;
}

I have an "orders" directory that resides just outside of "/Library/WebServer/Documents/", which is $DOCUMENT_ROOT, is this the correct path?

Thanks,

Jason

[planetsim]

No, your path looks something like this /Library/WebServer/Documents/../orders/order.txt Obviously this doesnt exist so why not try this instead.

$fp = fopen("../orders/orders.txt", 'ab');

[neridaj]

I tried "../orders/orders.txt" and "orders.txt", resulting in false.