file_put_contents: Failed to open stream, no such file or directory

I was also stuck on the same kind of problem and I followed the simple steps below.

Just get the exact url of the file to which you want to copy, for example:

http://www.test.com/test.txt (file to copy)

Then pass the exact absolute folder path with filename where you do want to write that file.

1. If you are on a Windows machine then d:/xampp/htdocs/upload/test.txt

2. If you are on a Linux machine then /var/www/html/upload/test.txt

You can get the document root with the PHP function $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

There is definitly a problem with the destination folder path.

Your above error message says, it wants to put the contents to a file in the directory /files/grantapps/, which would be beyond your vhost, but somewhere in the system (see the leading absolute slash )

You should double check:

• Is the directory /home/username/public_html/files/grantapps/ really present.
• Contains your loop and your file_put_contents-Statement the absolute path /home/username/public_html/files/grantapps/