Posted by Al on 10/10/05 02:56

Jeffrey Santos wrote:
> To save on computing time, the results of the fileperms command are
> cached... I assume when you run a new instance of the program, it uses a new
> cache / old one is deleted when the first instance ends. Either way, you
> should clear the cache first:
>
> clearstatcache();
>
> echo "Directory permissions for $dirname: ". substr(sprintf('%o',
> fileperms($dirname)), -3). " //reports 0755;
>
> Give that a try
>
> - Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al [mailto:news@ridersite.org]
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 3:50 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Mystery about chmod and permissions
>
> I've got a script that checks a directory's permissions for 757 and if they
> are not correct, chmods them with a cgi script.
>
> That part works just fine. Can alternately switch the permissions from 755
> to 757 and back. I can use a ftp utility to
> check the permissions and they are correct.
>
> The mystery is that I have a permissions check following the chmod and it
> reports the permissions that existed before
> the change.
>
> snippets:
>
> include "http://$server/cgi-bin/chg_perms.cgi?name=$fp_name&perms=$fperms";
> //e.g., $fperms= 0757;
>
> [I've tried sleep(10) here; doesn't help]
>
> echo "Directory permissions for $dirname: ". substr(sprintf('%o',
> fileperms($dirname)), -3). " //reports 0755;
>
> If I run the script again with the same permissions, the report shows the
> correct permissions.
>
> It's as if permissions check code is executed before the chmod; but it
> isn't. I've tried echoed the times for the chmod
> code and the permissions check and the chmod code is definitely before the
> permissions check.
>
> Anyone have an explanation.?
>
That did it. Thanks....

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