[liljoeyjordison]

I am writing a script that creates minisites from a form.

I have this script:-

PHP Code:

$templatename = "minitemplate.php" ;



$pathtotemplate = '../' . "$templatename" ;



$mkdir = '../' . $_POST['suburl'] ;



$newtemplatename = $mkdir . "/template.php" ;



mkdir($mkdir, 0777) ;

 

fopen($newtemplatename, "x") ; 

and it generates this error:-

Code:

Warning: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 804 is not allowed to access /home/virtual/site138/fst/var/www/minisites/myband owned by uid 48 in /home/virtual/site138/fst/var/www/minisites/join/addband.php on line 17

Warning: fopen("../myband/template.php", "x") - No such file or directory in /home/virtual/site138/fst/var/www/minisites/join/addband.php on line 17

As I am creating the directory with chmod of 777 it shouldn't be generating these errors- what could I do to to make this work? Maybe there's some workaround or function I missed? Or is there a way to create a file using ftp or something (I logged in to the ftp server higher up in the script)

Any help would be frabjulous,
xox

[FiRe]

its a safe mode restriction, you need to turn safe mode off! if you do not own the server than talk to your host...

[liljoeyjordison]

Hm, so there's absolutely no way to do it in safe mode?

[FiRe]

obviously not...

[liljoeyjordison]

Well I used ftp_mkdir($ftpconnection, "$mkdir") ; and that thinks it's working- but the folder dosn't seem to exist in anywheres on the server.

I think it might be a php restriction rather than a restriction anywhere else on the server- is there a way of doing it with perl or some other cgi? Sorry if I'm sounding stupid- but It'd really be helpful if this script worked...

[Brian]

Hello,

Ok, your original problem, as you figured out, is that SafeMode is enabled (yuck, don't know why hosts find it nessecary to enable it ). Anyways, you found your way around that, I believe.

Make sure that when your using FTP to create a folder, or edit files, that you move to the correct directory first. IE, say you login in your root folder, you need to navigate to public_html and then, say, /subsites/. Here is what you would do (minus the connection code):

PHP Code:

ftp_chdir($ftpconnection, "public_html");

ftp_chdir($ftpconnection, "subsites");

ftp_mkdir($ftpconnection, $suburl); 

Now I'm only about 90% sure that this will work under safe mode, but should it work, a new folder would be created: http://domain/subsites/<SUBURL>. My best suggestion to you, is that you request your host to disable safemode. It will make your life sooo much easier

I hope this helps, and that this code is correct. Good luck and happy coding

Cheers,

[liljoeyjordison]

I have asked them so *fingers crossed*

I suggested that if they're still paranoid they could just add the folder to the omitted folders (or whatever it's called) in the php.ini file- here's hoping the person who answers it knows what they're talking about