fopen() Error

[AbyssalLord]

I am trying to use the fopen() function to create a file, but I keep getting this error:

Warning: fopen(test.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/a3150657/public_html/admin.php on line 87

That part of the code looks like this:

<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$file = fopen($name,'x');
?>

The post info is "test.php".

Any idea why I'm getting that error and how I can fix it?  Thanks in advance for the help.

 

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Change the file permissions on the file in question and see what happens. I think you would also get that result if the file did not exist.

 

[AbyssalLord]

The file doesn't exist.  I'm trying to create the file with the fopen() function.  I managed to change the permissions on my public_html folder, and now it seems to work.  The only problem remaining is that my host won't let me edit files created by the fopen() function.

 

[___]

Yeah that's because PHP creates and accesses as a system user rather than as your user, you need to make sure you set the file permissions on any file you create.

 

[AbyssalLord]

Oh, ok.  Thanks for the help!