URL file-access error when generating a php file with file_put_contents()

[bugboy]

Hi, I'm using PHP to create and save new .php pages using:

file_put_contents("photo/".$name."/index.php",$file);

the page saves ok but I get this error when i go there:

Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/html/new/photo/_MG_1166/index.php on line 5

If I copy the new files content and create a new php file with it manually it works. Does "file_put_contents" set some kind of permissions that don't allow "file access"?

Is there a way to dynamically create new php pages?

Thanks,

Bug boy

[bugboy]

Ok, have you ever chased an error for 8 hours then realized you had the wrong path all along. As it turns out the require_once function in the new page had the wrong path duh.

I'm not sure why the error says "URL file-access is disabled" - that really through me off and cost me a day.

Thanks for reading.

[JKing]

This is likely because allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include are set to off. This is default in recent versions of PHP.

The reason for it being turned off is that it can cause a major security issue by allowing remote file inclusion.