sendecard.php not writing *.txt file

[alf]

permissions are set to 777
checked all messages pretaining to subject
tried different variations of the scripn
no thing happens
cannot (filename) no such file or directory

Please Help

[Ronald Wernecke]

Hi Alf,
welcome here

If it says no such file or directory, then ther is a nameing problem.

I beleive, you are running this on a UNIX/LINUX host?
You are propably only used to Windows?

Here are some very important differences:

UNIX does nor only display capital letters in a filename, it recognizes the difference.

GuestBook.txt is not the same as guestbook.txt or GuestBook.TXT .

Never use the backslash (\) for paths, UNIX uses the normal slash (/).

After you are running a webserver (usualy APACHE), /filename is not a file in the systems root, it is the file in the webspace root.

Look for all these aspects and locate the file with your ftp client and then adapt the filename and path to what you find there.

[alf]

I've made some progress thanks to my friend but it still won't write file same error.
I run linux/apache. there are nolonger errors in either of the php files but for some reason my friend tells me that when the send button is pressed nothing happens.
could you take a look at my files?

http://www.canyoncalvary.com/Ecards/ecards.swf

thanks in advance,
art

[Ronald Wernecke]

Ther is something wrong with this link.

[alf]

the link will work soon.  :(sorry. the administrator of the server is helping me too. but if you need to see the files I can send them to you. anything to help.

thanks,
art

[alf]

link works now

[Ronald Wernecke]

if you'd give the link to the server so i can have a look to the behaviour of the php script?

[Ronald Wernecke]

sorry - no it does not work

[alf]

try again
http://www.canyoncalvary.com/Ecards/ecards.swf

[Ronald Wernecke]

OK, sending a card seams to work.
Could you give me a link to your php file, where i can read it?
It must not have php extension, otherwise it is not downloadable

[alf]

http://www.canyoncalvary.com/Ecards/SendEcard.php

[alf]

http://www.canyoncalvary.com/Ecards/SendEcard

[Ronald Wernecke]

Hi Alf,
it does not help if you give the original php link, because it will be executed.
Copy the file into a file with the extension txt, that the php interprter will not interpret it, but i will be able to doownload the source.

The php file definately has a problem, because it sends OK back, even though it has not got any parameters.

After your flash receives this OK, the communication between flash and php ist ok.

[alf]

I've read everything on the message board. i have followed the tutorial. but still no sending. or writing.  I know that other people have figured this out. if you have please help me.
thanks
art

[alf]

my friend and i have figured out the writing the .txt file part prints the success message to status but still no email