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Cron fopen error

I made a cron job that works fine when I manually run it but when it runs as a cron I get the following error. The all the scripts included in the cron start with: chdir(dirname(__FILE__));

PHP Warning:  fopen(files/writetofile.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php on line 112
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:0
PHP   2. fapdf->make_pdf_csv() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:20
PHP   3. fopen() /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php:112
 
Warning: fopen(files/writetofile.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php on line 112
 
Call Stack:
    0.0003      70576   1. {main}() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:0
  150.1073    1118656   2. fapdf->make_pdf_csv() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:20
  150.1171    1948600   3. fopen() /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php:112
 
PHP Warning:  fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php on line 113
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:0
PHP   2. fapdf->make_pdf_csv() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:20
PHP   3. fwrite() /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php:113
 
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php on line 113
 
Call Stack:
    0.0003      70576   1. {main}() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:0
  150.1073    1118656   2. fapdf->make_pdf_csv() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:20
  150.1172    1949368   3. fwrite() /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php:113
 
PHP Warning:  fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php on line 114
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:0
PHP   2. fapdf->make_pdf_csv() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:20
PHP   3. fclose() /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php:114
 
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php on line 114
 
Call Stack:
    0.0003      70576   1. {main}() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:0
  150.1073    1118656   2. fapdf->make_pdf_csv() /var/www/html/domain/dev/index.php:20
  150.1173    1949368   3. fclose() /var/www/html/domain/dev/class.pdf.php:114

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Roonaan

Does it make a difference if you add the next line to the top of your script?
chdir(dirname(__FILE__))

phper

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Yes, in the past this cron was on a different server and if I didn't have that line as the next line to the top it would look for the file writetofile.txt in the site's root folder. Which kind of looks like what's happening here, but I have chdir(dirname(__FILE__)) in there

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Roonaan: I don't know. I set it up in webmin. Maybe it's running as apache. How can I check?
hernst42: Yes, /var/www/html/domain/dev/files exists and is writable

phper

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hernst42: Also, remember when I run the page manually it works fine. So, /var/www/html/domain/dev/files exists and is writable

hernst42

which permissions does the file /var/www/html/domain/dev/files/writetofile.txt have?