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Posted by Al on 07/12/05 00:07
Steve Buehler wrote:
> At 02:13 PM 7/11/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a way to change directory permissions with pre php5.0?
>>>> Linux/Apache
>>>>
>>>> I'm designing a CM application and would like my code to enable
>>>> non-techies to be able to create a simple text file. [e.g.,
>>>> directory temporarilly from 755 to 757 and then back again.]
>>>>
>>>> PHP5.0 has a chmod; but not, 4.3.x
>>>
>>>
>>> Huh? chmod has been around since V3...
>>> http://us2.php.net/chmod
>>> chmod
>>> (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
>>> chmod -- Changes file mode
>>
>> The key word is "directory"
>>
>> chmod only works for files
>>
>> PHP5 has a ftp_chmod; but not 4.3.x
>
>
> Chmod does NOT "only" work for files. Not sure about pre 4.1.2, but
> from 4.1.2 and up, it appears that on a linux/unix system, php's chmod
> treats directories like they where files....for the most part. My php
> code did not make the directory, but was run by the user that did make
> the directory. Yes, I can see where there would be a problem if the
> directory was created by one user and the php script was executed by
> another user....like "apache". But in the case where a user created a
> file with certain permissions and the script was run by another user,
> like apache, then it is understandable that php's chmod wouldn't work on
> it. That doesn't mean that php's chmod will only work on files. It
> only means that it has to have permission on the file to make the changes.
>
> Steve
Thanks for the clarification Steve.....
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