Troubleshooting PHP Sqlite Query Error: Unable to open database
If you are using PHP and are going to send INSERT or UPDATE queries or any other query resulting in a IO write, you will need to make the folder that contain your Sqlite database e.g. “file.db” writable by the web server user, otherwise you’ll receive error message – “Unable to open database . . . “. File permissions are not enough
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Matt Farmer said,
December 15, 2008 @ 3:34
Thanks a bunch for posting this! I searched around for what seemed like forever, seeing other users that had the same problem, but no one with an answer. This was just what I needed though.
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December 16, 2008 @ 18:09
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dota said,
January 7, 2009 @ 6:37
Thanks. This post really helped me.
jose said,
June 1, 2009 @ 21:27
I will like to know how to make my database file writable to the web user, please
Tom Corwine said,
June 29, 2009 @ 10:39
This saved me hours of beating my head against the wall. Thanks!
erik said,
October 30, 2009 @ 3:12
thank you