Maybe it's because you're testing two different variables, $file and $menu_filename?
Edward > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 January 2007 11:02 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] is_writable() not working on PHP 5.1.6 > > > Hi, > > I am running Fedora Core 6 with PHP 5.1.6 > > This little snippet will output "the file is not writable": > > > > if (file_exists($file)) { > if(!is_writeable($menu_filename)){ > echo "the file is not writable"; > } > } else echo "The file does not exist"; > > > > I have set the permissions to 777 for the file and also put group and > user to apaches user. So that is not an issue. > > I have seen some bug reports on this, but haven't figured out how > to solve it. > > Is this a PHP 5.1.6 related bug? I haven't seen any fix or similar. > > Best regards, > Peter Lauri > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
