nubhost

There is a problem i found with a mixture of PHP versions, server OS and server setup. im not too sure why or how to fix it but i did come up with a temporary fix.

The problem is that i keep getting a permission error when i try to use php to upload an image to my server. i use php to upload the image and then send the name of the image to a mysql database. the error says that i dont have proper permission to access the folder although the folder is present on the server. i temporarily fixed the problem buy using php to create the folder that i needed on the server. but this poses some issues because at later time when i need to delete these images i would have to create some type of php script to do so. i was wondering if anyone else had this same problem and how did they really fix it.

Im guessing buy using the same "User" that php uses, im guessing No one or Nobody or something like that, i might be able to edit these files via ftp. its more of a hassle rather than a problem

tijnema

well, it's quite simple, PHP is running as a non-priviliged user, and so it doesn't has access to a lot of dirs, it probably only has access to /tmp and /var
if it is your own server, you could configure php to let it run on another user, root for example, but be warned, it is not recommendend to run php on root, because if there's any bug in your PHP code, someone might have full control over your server !!!
best way is to set the rights of the folder where you want the images to 777.
now PHP will have access to it, but only to that folder.

------------------
2oo7

nubhost

you see that was one of the recommended fixes for it, but the problem is that when i do that it still does it, i guess php runs under the user name nobody and because of that only php can edit folders made by it

------------------

tijnema

well, i am running PHP as root, so i don't have to worry about that, btw, i use it only in my lan so security isn't needed

------------------
2oo7

madhuri_vats@ya

i think u have not changed the chmod property of folder that has been uploaded on server.

so first change the chmod to 777 then upload...

Web Design Company | Asp.Net Programmers | web designers Delhi