Reading a file from a different directory

[748323]

The script below is placed in:

http://kidsspynet.com/scorpion990/login/hack_test.php

<?

$file = "/users/logs/log1.txt";
$handle = fopen($file, "r+");
echo fread($handle, filesize("$file"));

?>

It gives me an error, even though:

http://www.kidsspynet.com/scorpion990/login/users/logs/log1.txt

does exist.

 

[748323]

Oh, and thanks!

 

[lgarner]

But "/users/logs/log1.txt" doesn't exist. Either remove the leading slash or reference the full path. The path also needs to be based on the filesystem, not the webroot. So the relative path would be better.

 

[DRJ478]

Check your phpinfo() output and find the WEBROOT. That portion has to be prepended to the /users/logs/log1.txt
You need an explicit full file path to access the file.

 

[Olavxxx]

remember to use:

if(is_file($file)) {
 // do something
}
else {
 // warn user
}

Olav Alexander Mjelde

http://www.volvo-power.net

Admin & Webmaster