[Swftools-common] Re: running PDF2SWF via php on linux issue

[Matthias Kramm]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 06:07:21PM +1000, Mark A. Lowe <address@hidden> wrote:
> It's installed fine, and when I run it via ssh (under the 'root' user) it
> works fine.
> 
> [...]
> I put this same command in a PHP file but was getting no result - no .swf
> file nor response.
> <?php
> 
> $output =
> `/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com.au/httpdocs/pdf2swf/swftools-2008-08-21-2105/s
> rc/pdf2swf myPDF.pdf -o myPDF.swf`;
> 
> echo "Output pdf2swf: <pre>$output</pre>";
> 
> ?>
> 
> This is now giving me the following output:
> 
> NOTICE  processing PDF page 1 (450x600:0:0) (move:0:0)
> NOTICE  Writing SWF file degani.swf
> FATAL   Could not create "degani.swf".

I'd start with passing an explicit output path to pdf2swf:

`...pdf2swf myPDF.pdf -o /add/your/path/here/myPDF.swf`;

If that doesn't work, obviously the "here" directory
is missing a u+w or g+w permission. Which of those depends
on which user/group apache runs with (usually apache:apache),
so try a few combinations of
    chown apache /add/your/path/here/
    chgrp apache /add/your/path/here/
    chmod u+w /add/your/path/here/
    chmod g+w /add/your/path/here/

Greetings

Matthias