php/apache and file permissions

[latitudes]

Php can't write to files/directories that are owned by apache:ftp w/rwx rights (ie. fopen & etc fail)

this is a new gentoo server i set up in november as a dev box

i'm completely stumped... suggestions would be appreciated

[darkrose0510]

Try changing the file's/directory's owner and/or group to nobody.

chown nobody /file/you/want/php/to/write/to
chgrp nobody /file/you/want/php/to/write/to

[latitudes]

Thanks. I tried this, with no luck. PHP isn't in safemode and open_basedir isn't set.

I'm totally lost.

[latitudes]

I wrote a simple diagnostics script to test fopen on its own - the diagnostic script works, indicating this has nothing to do with server configuration.

Thanks all!