Labeling files for writing with SELinux (fopen failed to write file)

Warning: fopen(newfile.txt): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/public_html/test.php on line 2
Unable to open file!

fopen gives above  error while opening stream for following code

<?php $myfile = fopen("newfile2.txt", "w") or die("Unable to open file!"); $txt = "John Doe\n"; fwrite($myfile, $txt); $txt = "Jane Doe\n"; fwrite($myfile, $txt); fclose($myfile); ?>

solution was labeling the file using following command.

chcon -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t filename

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Install Smarty on Fedora 13

1.Download Smarty from www.Smarty.net

2.extract it to same location where downloaded place

3. now make a directory named as "Smarty" in /usr/local/lib/php location
mkdir /usr/local/lib/php/Smarty

4. copy all the content of lib folder where extracted downloaded file to /usr/local/lib/php/Smarty
locate extracted folder (Smarty-xx) & then give
cp libs/* /usr/local/lib/php/Smarty

5.Set SElinux to permissive mode.
System->Administration->SELinux Management

* Remember to set template_c & cache writable for others

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