Problem with localhost Path, XAMPP and TCPDF

Question

Hi all, I use TCPDF to generate a PDF in PHP.
When I use the $pdf->Output($file_total, 'I'); its all good and the file is shown in Browser.
If I use the save to localhost option $pdf->Output($file_total, 'F'); I get this error:
"failed to open stream: Permission denied in /opt/lampp/htdocs/project/tcpdf_min/include/tcpdf_static.php on line 1821"
"TCPDF ERROR: Unable to create output file"
The Path I set for saving the PDF file is: "/opt/lampp/htdocs/project/files/2021"
What am I doing wrong? is my path wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

Ok, so here is the answer. There were two mistakes:
1) the path: on mac the path to xampp/lampp folder is “http://localhost:8080/name_of_your_folder_in_htdocs…”
2) the problem with tcpdf not able to generate output was because all folders in xampp/lampp were by default read only. So i just had to change the permissions of all folders to “everyone - read AND write”.
So thats it

Answer 2

$pdf->Output($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'output.pdf', 'F'); ?

Answer 3

have you checked the folder permissions? I don't really have any more ideas

Answer 4

Alexey Kopyshev i did and that was the part 2 of the problem. Thanks man. Now its solved

Answer 5

Alexey Kopyshev, it's not working for me. I just add the path as "/opt/lampp/htdocs" and then I still get the error:
Warning: fopen(file:///opt/lampp/htdocs/output.pdf): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /opt/lampp/htdocs/project/tcpdf_min/include/tcpdf_static.php on line 1821
TCPDF ERROR: Unable to create output file: /opt/lampp/htdocs/output.pdf

Something is wrong with the path... forced save ("D") works, but i need to save the file in particular folder... any ideas?!

Answer 6

Alexey Kopyshev so im the half way throug it - the path is “http://locahost:8080/project…” But i still get the error “unable to create output file…” any ideas?!