Error. Target Directory /home/user/new is not writeable.

[shams]

hi,
i want to obfuscure my php codes with POBS, but the error is:
Error. Target Directory /home/user/new is not writeable. Program will terminate
first i tried to write to /var/www/html/pobs/new, and changed the ownership to 0775, i got the above error for not writeable, then i made new directory in my home directory and cahnged the ownership to 0777 but still i get the above error, any help please?

[eelixduppy]

Are you trying to add content to a file? If so, you cannot specify a directory, but an actual file.