Posted by phpnoob on 01/09/08 05:03

I have a php script that processes a form and then posts the user
input to a data file on the server in a comma delimited format. For
simplicity call the file "data.csv." The script is working well and
the data is posted correctly to the data file.

The big problem is that anyone can point their web browser to
www.mywebsite.com/data/data.csv and see exactly what is contained in
the data file. Obviously, I want the data in that file to be hidden
to everyone in the world but me. I have to give sufficient
permissions to the php script to save the user data from the form to
data.csv, but I don't want the world to be able to see the data in
that file.

I have read and read some more with no luck. I do not run my own
server and am just using a hosting site. I have been working with the
file permissions, but every time I restrict access to data.csv the
script fails to write to the file because the permissions are
incorrect. Very frustrating.

Thanks for any help.

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