failedl to open stream

myPHP2011

hello guys does anybody knows what is causing this error message? :

Warning: fopen(C:\xampp\htdocs\PhpMain\testing.rtf): failed to open stream: No error in C:\xampp\htdocs\PhpMain\create_file.php on line 4

here is the code:
<?Php

$output='';
$fileId = fopen("C:\xampp\htdocs\PhpMain\testing.rtf" , 'W') or die("failed to create");
$fileContent = 'Welcome to Kelumi Automobile where we specialise in buying and selling of luxurius cars to fit your personality,
style and your taste.
kezlumi Automobile is a well know American company that have been serving people of interest for more than 15 years.
our aims is to satisfy the market by give them long lasting unforgetable customer service.
offer the market competitive price and sales after service.';
fwrite($fileId, $fileContent) or die("could not create file");
fclose($fileId);
echo "File 'textfile.' written successfully";
?>

NogDog

I would expect a slightly different error message, but that should be a lower-case 'w', not upper-case 'W'.

dalecosp

You're on Windows, it probably has to do with the slashes in the file path.

Try calling file_exists on some different permutations and see what you get. I hardly ever use PHP on Windows, so I'm not really sure how to write paths there, but some Google-searching might get you an answer....

NogDog

PHP is actually smart enough about windows, that you could call the file as:

$fileId = fopen("/xampp/htdocs/PhpMain/testing.rtf" , 'w') or die("failed to create");

NogDog

Actually, from a little Googling, my best guess is that either the directory does not allow writing by the web process, or one or more of the directories are misspelled/don't exist.