HELP im Pulling MY hair out

[ogri]

im using windows xp pro and apache 2 and joomla cms site

joomla is asking to write to a file called magazine.config.php
joomla states its not writable

the support for the magazine im using said its possably apache permissions

i cant chmod anything im on windows

i have allowed permission from anyone and his dog to write to files in my www folder and still the config file isnt writable

if it is apoache then exactly what where do i change and what do i need to put in the httpconf file to allow apache to write to config

ive tried for 2 weeks to work it out and i cqant i need someone to explain it to me

any help appreciated

[omoutop]

I cant help u with apache issues, but try something like this [chmod($dir, 0777);] to youy php file. Perhaps it could help you

[lammert]

ogri, First of all welcome to WebmasterWorld!

I am not totally familiar with Windows implementations of Apache server and PHP, but could it be that PHP is running in safe mode? In that case there is a user check that compares the user Apache is running as with the owner of a file. If these don't match certain actions will fail. I am not sure however how this is implemented in the Windows environment.

More information can be found at [php.net...]