[SOLVED] mkdir() problem on linux apache VPS

[grilly]

Hi
I am new to the admin on the linux apache VPS. php is running OK except that I cannot get the basic php mkdir() command to work. I think there is a directory permission problem? From the shell command level I have tried chmod 777 directoryname, and also

chown -R apache:apache directoryname

but still it won't create a directory (but mkdir() works on a shared host I am running). Any ideas?

Grilly

[hugortega]

You're right with permissions of your directory. Unless there is a problem with your code, probably your PHP installation has security options enabled (restricted functions, safe mode, or something similar)... check your php_info() to find that configurations.

[grilly]

Thanks Hugortega

php code is simple and OK - it works on a shared host.

Using vhost.conf I have set the php v5.2.9 to safe_mode 0 (off) and open_basedir none. This is shown by php_info().

Grilly

[hugortega]

Also, there is a bug with some version (I think 5.2) of PHP that have problems with trailing slashes on paths... I mean, mkdir("foo/path/") will not work, but mkdir("foo/path") will do the job.

[grilly]

Thanks

Yes - I found that / is important before the dir name eg /temp. It didn't work without it. Also, I needed the $_SERVER[] command. The php command that worked in the end was

mkdir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/temp/newdir");

after I had done

chown -R apache:apache temp

THis created newdir. Thanks for your help

Graham

[davidanand]

tmp has noexec ...check that

[grilly]

Thanks david

Now have it going. Needed to use mkdir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/temp ...

Graham