[shadybirdstan]

I've been playing around with php a bit and now I'm trying to use the command:
[php]$filepointer = fopen("data.txt", "w");[/php]

Whenever I use this command though I get the error:

Code:
Write to a file

Warning: fopen("data.txt", "w") - Permission denied in /Users/shadybirdstan/Sites/php/ch5.1.php on line 10

Keep in mind I'm just messing around on my local machine because normally I would just call my host and ask them. Is this happenening because I need to setup write access on my local machine or something?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

[Cipher13]

I don't know anything about all this, but... I'll try... does the user executing the script have write access to the necessary area?

[robirr]

you need to use chmod, open up the command line/terminal, browse to the directory using cd, and then type in

chmod 777 data.txt

that should fix it