Write file with PHP in safemode

Question

I can't use fopen because PHP is in safemode and admin wont change this. How can I write a static html file using php?

Answer 1

With difficulty, unfortuantely. If your sysadmin has not set up user permissions that allow you to do this, then there's no general workaround. Other answers (eg FTP-ing) may work in certain circumstances (again, if user permissions allow it).

The only foolproof solution is to talk to the sysadmin.

Answer 2

You can only open (and thus write) to files in directories, that are permitted by the safemode settings.

Answer 3

You can use FTP .

Answer 4

You can still do with safe mode enabled

Beware: Safe mode will not permit you to create new files in directories which have different owner than the owner of the script. This typically applies to /tmp, so contrary to Unix intuition, you will not be able to create new files there (even if the /tmp rights are set correctly).

If you need to write into files in /tmp (for example to put logfiles of your PHP application there) create them first on the command line by doing a

touch /tmp/whatever.log

as the same user who owns the PHP script. Then, provided the rest is configured correctly, the PHP script will be able to write into that file.

http://php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php