title: php to access shared smb folder (user/password protected)
body: <ol>
  <li>WAMP server</li>
  <li>PHP fopen function needs to open file in shared folder //server/folder1/file1.txt</li>
  <li>php has SYSTEM user permisions, but shared folder is visible only for userX/password</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>how can i open this remote file inside php script?</p>