[JerielLandingin]

Hi, I've searched the forum for this error that I'm having, and unfortunately other posts are in different languages.

The error that I'm having is this:

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/apache/htdocs../files/Assignment_No1.pdf) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/a5970550/public_html/admin/downloadFile.php on line 7

Warning: fopen(/usr/local/apache/htdocs../files/Assignment_No1.pdf) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/a5970550/public_html/admin/downloadFile.php on line 7

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/a5970550/public_html/admin/downloadFile.php on line 38


This is the PHP file where the error is coming from:

<?php

$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."../files/"; // change the path to fit your websites document structure
$fullPath = $path.$_GET['file'];

if ($fd = fopen ($fullPath, "r")) {
$fsize = filesize($fullPath);
$path_parts = pathinfo($fullPath);
$ext = strtolower($path_parts["extension"]);
switch ($ext) {
case "pdf":
header("Content-type: application/pdf"); // add here more headers for diff. extensions
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\""); // use 'attachment' to force a download
break;

case "doc":
header("Content-type: application/msword"); // add here more headers for diff. extensions
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\""); // use 'attachment' to force a download
break;

case "jpg":
header("Content-type: application/jpeg"); // add here more headers for diff. extensions
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\""); // use 'attachment' to force a download
break;

default;
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\"");
}
header("Content-length: $fsize");
header("Cache-control: private"); //use this to open files directly
while(!feof($fd)) {
$buffer = fread($fd, 2048);
echo $buffer;
}
}
fclose ($fd);
exit;
?>

What I'm try to do here is to download a file that has been stored to a certain folder in the server wherein the filename is stored in the database.

What can I do to fix this error?

Similar error is being shown whenever I upload and unlink an image..

Warning: unlink() [function.unlink]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/registeredUser/userPhoto/Linkin_Park_033.jpg) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/a5970550/public_html/registeredUser/viewNominee.php on line 20

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/registeredUser/userPhoto/9X-Shiny-Silver-425x425.jpg) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/a5970550/public_html/registeredUser/viewNominee.php on line 33

Please help.. Thanks

[grace1004]

The error is caused because the document root for hosting server and individual users is not the same.

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = /usr/local/apache/htdocs // document root of 000webhost.com server

dirname(__FILE__) = /home/a5970550/public_html // document root of a user (a5970550)

So, your code below needs to be changed as follows:

From: $path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."../files/"; // change the path to fit your websites document structure

To: $path = dirname(__FILE__)."../files/"; // change the path to fit your websites document structure

[JerielLandingin]

@grace1004, there still seem to be an error. This is the warning message that shows:

Warning: fopen(/home/a5970550/public_html/registeredUser/files/1-2.JPG) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/a5970550/public_html/registeredUser/downloadFile.php on line 7

the "files" and "registeredUser" folder are under the same directory "public_html", the downloadFile.php is under the registeredUser.. How am I gonna manage this?

[JerielLandingin]

Oh, I've solved it.. hehe.. Thanks anyway..