php writting to a file from a website not working

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Im trying to write to file using php but it doesn't see to work.

$file = fopen("test.txt","w");
    fwrite($file,"Hello World!");
   fclose("$file");

I published the site using the school server. and the php file/text file are all in public_html folder. The problem is, running this into terminal writes the file. Running it as a website doesn't.

How do i fix this?

P.S. I've tried chmod 644, 777, 755

so where's the rest of the code that lets this run when accessed as a web page? You file can't just be these three lines. — Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, Nov 15 '13 at 01:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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Remove the quotes in fclose :

$file = fopen("test.txt","w");
fwrite($file,"Hello World!");
fclose($file);

Also, you have to grant all permission : see that answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Nov 15 '13 at 01:42

Gabriel L.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 02:22

Hmm... is it a UNIX/Linux server? You probably want to give the group www-data permissions to write the folder.

Assuming your web folder is /var/www, try doing this:

sudo chown `whoami`:www-data /var/www
sudo chmod 775 /var/www

And try again. If you're working in your personal web folder (http://domain.ext/~yourusername), the commands should be:

chown `whoami`:www-data ~/public_html
chmod 775 ~/public_html

Does it work running the script now?

php writting to a file from a website not working

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