Php Fopen() Error... got a prob with permissions in PHP with fopen() any help?

I had a script that was working just fine untill yesterday, when something freaked out with an fopen() I used in a login process (to add the user to the active users list). I think my host must have upgraded version and has not changed the permissions in php.ini to allow normal users to access such simple functions. The code I am using is really as basic as you can get:

	if (!file_exists($file)){								  		$fh = fopen($file, 'w') or die("can't open file");				$write = $username.':'.$remote;		fwrite($fh, $write);				fclose($fh);	}

it returns:

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Warning: fopen(file.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /path/file.txt on line X

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /path/file.txt on line X

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /path/file.txt on line X
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Any ideas how to get round this? I do not have all that much experience with other methods - only ever needed 'w' - but it worked before.

Thanks in advance
/elrohir/

try to alter the file's permissions to world write, ie: 777 using the chmod command.

returns the error Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /path/file.php on line Xas well as the previous errors... I have contacted the support - hopes up high - as it I do not seem to have any permissions whatsoever, which really is freaking me out ... We will se...

Edited May 20, 2006 by elrohir (see edit history)

I assmue you have declared the $file variable somewhere? e.g. $file = file.php Without this it will not work.

Edited May 20, 2006 by Avalon (see edit history)

well, yeah...

As I said, I did not change the source, and suddenly it started giving funky error messages... I think I would have figured out if I had not set $file...

 

but thanks for checking

Warning: fopen(file.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /path/file.txt on line X
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /path/file.txt on line X

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /path/file.txt on line X

I think the best thing you can do is talk to your host about file permissions, I had to do that with my last host and he did it write a way. Once your file permissions are solved then all 3 errors should go away.

Yeh, I asked them about it, and aftera couple attempts they fixed it