getting error when using fopen

[Jeyalakshmi]

<?php$f=fopen('/home/ramkumar/Desktop/a.txt','r') or exit("unable to open the file");while (!feof($f)) { $x=fgetc($f); echo $x;}fclose($f);?>this is the program i am getting unable to open the file as an output . i tried using both absolute and relative path

[aspnetguy]

make sure the file and folders have hte needed permissions.

[Jeyalakshmi]

make sure the file and folders have hte needed permissions.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

it has all the permissions

[Little Goat]

what error does it show?

[justsomeguy]

Make sure you have the right path. Print out the variable __FILE__ to see the current path and filename. Sometimes hosts don't let you see the actual path when they set up a virtual directory, but you can't use the virtual directory path to open a file.

[Jeyalakshmi]

Make sure you have the right path.  Print out the variable __FILE__ to see the current path and filename.  Sometimes hosts don't let you see the actual path when they set up a virtual directory, but you can't use the virtual directory path to open a file.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

friends i got the output. problem while saving the file