Trying to write file, file not being written

Question

I am trying to write the contents of a variable to a .php file so that I can access that file later, through requite_once, and use that variable later.

The dir that I am trying to write to has 755 permission and I talked to my hosting provider who said that the dir can be written to by me now.

But, the file is not being written. Here is the code that I am trying to write the file with:

error_reporting(-1);
$elasticaObject = var_export($elasticaObject, true);
file_put_contents('theIndex.php', $elasticaObject);
echo "done!";

I get an output of done!done!done!

but, the file is not being written as I get a 404 error when I try to visit it and because it is not-existent in the dir listing.

Answer 1

You must set the write executing permission on the file that contains the script. This is a good guide: http://www.phpjunkyard.com/tutorials/ftp-chmod-tutorial.php