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xtreemnet

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Hi

I am new to PHP. I am trying to open a file using "fopen", but its not working. following is the code I am using:

<html>
<?php
$filename = 'chees.doc';
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");

if(!$fp) {
echo "Cannot open CSV file ($filename)";
return -1;
}
echo "Opened CSV file ($filename)";
fclose ($fp);
?>
</html>

This works when run from local machine. but its uploaded on the web site, it says "Cannot open CSV file (chees.doc)".
This is such a simple code, but I do not understand what's wrong.

Thanks,
 
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I would guess its a problem with the server finding the file.

I think you would have to specify the path from the root of your server to the file.
 
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chees.doc will have to be in the same directory as your PHP file. If it's not, change this: $filename = 'chees.doc'; to something like this: $filename = 'files/chees.doc';. (Of course "files" would be the actual name and path of the directory where cheese.doc resides.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!
 
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The file "chees.doc" is in the same directory as my php file.
 
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All PHP scripts run through a web server have the permissions of the user as which the web server runs.

What is that user, and does that user have permission to read the file?

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TANSTAAFL!!
 
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I will check the permissions and report back.
 
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What I am trying to do is developing a web page where the user can browse for a CSV file on his local drive and then click on a button which calls another php page where a script reads the csv file and inserts the data into mysql table. But I am stuck with reading the file.

So if a user is selecting a local file, does he still needs to have permissionto read the file?
 
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You need to upload the file to the server so that the webserver can include() it.

fopen() requires an absolute path, and this would be RatherTricky(tm) without uploading it :-)

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Hi

Its working now. I had to use the form with "enctype" set to "multipart/form-data".

Thanks everybody.
 
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