PHP fopen() does not create a file

Question

According to fopen documentation, in some modes it will create the file if it does not exist, but in my situation, I've checked all 'w', 'w+', 'x' and 'x+' modes but it's just throwing warnings at me and it cannot create the file.

It's my code:

$this->handle = fopen($this->log_name, 'w');

and what I get:

Warning: fopen(D:\xampp\htdocs\farid\logs\error.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\xampp\htdocs\farid\libraries\error\log.php on line 34
Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in D:\xampp\htdocs\farid\libraries\error\log.php on line 66
Warning: fclose() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in D:\xampp\htdocs\farid\libraries\error\log.php on line 27

And I'm working in windows environment.

From the same documentation - "If PHP has decided that filename specifies a local file, then it will try to open a stream on that file. The file must be accessible to PHP, so you need to ensure that the file access permissions allow this access. If you have enabled safe mode, or open_basedir further restrictions may apply." — Dr. Dan
– Dr. Dan, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 12:47
Can you add more code? Maybe it's going wrong 1-2 line above your current code. — Rob
– Rob, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 12:48
First the folder has to exist already. If it does, make sure it is writable. — Jason
– Jason, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 12:50

Rob · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-05 13:23:03Z

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Check if the path to the logfile exists, it creates a file, not a directory.

Also check if the user, which runs xampp, has access to the folder you specified.

edited Oct 5, 2012 at 13:23

Rob

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answered Oct 5, 2012 at 12:49

Thomas Nordquist

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3 Comments

Farid Rn Over a year ago

Thanks for your help, there was a mistake in my directory name. now it's creating file. Is there any way so I even create the folder if it didn't exist in my fuunction?

Thomas Nordquist Over a year ago

check out php.net/manual/en/function.mkdir.php check the argument section look for "recursive", first you have to check if the file exists, realpath and and file_exists could be helpful

stopkillinggames.com Over a year ago

"it creates a file, not a directory" <-- indeed, that was it. Had to manually add a folder.

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