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[atrip25]

I'm working on a programm that will do the following:

Create a PHP page that allows the user to input their First and Last Name as a single field, Local Phone, and E-mail address.

The form should:
a. Parse the Name field into separate First and Last Name fields
b. Require all 4 elements (i.e. return an error if the form is not completely filled out).
c. Return the information to the user
d. Write the output of the form to a file containing the four fields. Name the output file exphp2.txt

I've got all but d actually working. When I submit the information, it returns the information via a web page, however I am getting an error "Warning: fopen(exphp2.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/home/.../exphp2.php on line 26
Can't open file

How would I go about setting up permissions on the directory or file that I am trying to modify?

[atrip25]

Disregard, it was the permissions on the text file. I'm good to go.:thumbup:

[atrip25]

I do have another question dealing on security. I currently have a web page that users can go to in order to upload a file to the server. Right now it is currently open to anyone and I want to change it to allow only one person to access it. I want to move the php file to a secure folder and only allow access to only that one person. How would I set that up.

[Orjan]

create a .htaccess file enabling password, or just put a password in your upload form, it's about the same safety.

[atrip25]

That would be want I was looking for. I have setup my .htaccess and htpasswd files and when I go to the secure folder via a url I am prompted with a username and password box to login, however when I put in the information I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error. Is there more that I need to do or something I did wrong?

[atrip25]

I followed these instructions on setting it up.

.htaccess Tutorial

I should also note that I have both the html file and the php file that I am using inside the secure folder. Would this be a good way of doing it?

[Orjan]

are you sure that the path to your .htpasswd is the correct absolute path?

[atrip25]

I'm not entirely sure what I did wrong. I deleted the directories and files and then recreated everything. It seems to be working now. Thanks for the help.