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"Freeola web space vs creating files via php?"

Am I allowed to do this?
I have just coded a score board for my squad that can be updated via a php page but it requires some dat files to be created. It all works fine on my local system but when I upload to freeola space I am getting permission denied errors when I try to touch() files.
Is this a security feature or is there someway around it?
Thanks,
Dano.

Am I allowed to do this?
I have just coded a score board for my squad that can be updated via a php page but it requires some dat files to be created. It all works fine on my local system but when I upload to freeola space I am getting permission denied errors when I try to touch() files.
Is this a security feature or is there someway around it?
Thanks,
Dano.

Check the CHMOD permissions on the file you're trying to write to. Make sure it has write access.

Erm... I can't create the file let alone CHMOD it.
The touch( $file ); fails giving a permission denied error.
Thanks,
Dano.

Make sure the directory you're trying to write into has the correct permissions too.

lol, thanks, just worked that out as you answered :)

Sigh... now all I have to do is fine where I am creating an erraneous .dat file that has no name :(

Dano.

Ok, thats all good now but I have another problem.

I'm trying to read and write to .dat files to keep track of pilot scores, on my local machine it works just fineand updates nicely. But on the freeola server when I hit update nothing, nada, zip :(

http://www.dano.freeola.com/kills/index.php

Is the link if you want to take a look, no code there, I will post that later if needed. I am using a HTML form with the action set as is there something wrong with that or do I need to use it differently on the freeola server? I have tried using both GET and POST methods but niether make any difference. The .dat files are being created and I have code that will tell me if they are unable to be read or written to. It seems like when 'update' is hit the page is ignoring everything.
Any ideas would be gratefully recieved :)
Thanks,
Dano.

AhA!!!

If the variable you are trying to access is passed via the URL string:

$my_variable_name=$_GET["my_variable_name"];

If the variable you are trying to access is passed via a form post operation:

$my_variable_name=$_POST["my_variable_name"];

If the variable you are trying to access is a server environment variable:

$my_variable_name=$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];

This is my problem I think :)

Enough for tonight, I'm off to play games :)

Dano.