Hi Ash, I have tried to use chown but i am getting the error Warning: chown() [function.chown]: Operation not permitted
I would like to know why the apache(www-data) owns the file rather than the user (me). Thanks. On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:53 AM, a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk < a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > you could use the chown method in php, which should do what you need. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Moses" <jam...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 09:44 > Subject: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > Hi Everyone, > > I am creating a file in PHP script which takes a value from a form and > writes it > to a file. However, i don't have the mode permission for the file instead > it > is owned > by www-data.What can i do to ensure that the file is owned by me. > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 2011-01-17 22:01 18757170111.0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 40 2011-01-17 23:39 32238.hydro > > Thanks. > > >
