Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/18/06 21:26

Lee C. Haas wrote:
> On 17 Feb 2006 13:48:32 -0800, "Alex" <spamgrind@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>You should allow your public_html directory to be searchable by all.
>>chmod 755 public_html.
>>...
>>Alex
>
>
> Thanks Alex and "samudasu," changing permissions was the key.
>
> I had to change
> lhcount.data to 766
> public_html directory to 750
>
> I don't understand why it didn't have to be 755 (which also worked)
> and I don't understand why index.php worked with permissions 644.
> index.php has the php code in it and I would have thought it would
> need "execute" permission.
> Is this explained clearly somewhere?
>
> Following I is the complete php script I am using for a simple text
> counter.
>
> <SPAN style="float : right; color : #999999;">
> <?php
> /* The file lhcount.data with an initial number must be created in
> the same directory as the file with this script */
> $fh = fopen('lhcount.data','r+');
> $Count=fgets($fh,64);
> rewind($fh);
> fwrite ($fh, ++$Count);
> fclose ($fh);
> echo($Count);
> ?>
> </SPAN>
>
> Thanks for the help.
> Lee Haas, Raleigh, NC
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index.php is not an executable program. It's only a script - which is
processed by the php interpreter (php or php.exe), which is an executable.

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