PHP - fopen() - Permission denied - even though chmod 755

[beatlestones]

I am having a nightmare with PHP on my home server at the moment...

I have stipped down the test to the basics and still can't get it to work.

I have a file called test.php stored in /usr/share/data/audio (an aliased directory in apache). This file simply contains the code...

<?php
 fopen('play.xml', 'w') or die("can't open file");;
?>

The audio folder in which the php file sits has been chmod to 755 (also tried 777). Likewise test.php is chmod to 755.

Any ideas why even with these permissions set I've continuously getting:-

Warning: fopen(play.xml) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/share/data/audio/test.php on line 2
can't open file

Thanks

EDIT: PS Safe mode in PHP is not on.

[teniemi]

Hi!

Did you find any answer to this?

I too have chmod 0777 for dir and file, but can't use fopen.
On non fedora system the same code is working fine.

[vallimar]

If you are using selinux, it could be preventing access.

[johno12345]

try chowning the file to apache

chown apache:apache play.xml