chmod()

[flipmo]

I am having trouble changing the permissions on directories even though I'm the owner, any help?

Here's the snippet of code:

if ($handle=opendir('./photo')) {
/echo "Dirctory handle: $handle\n";/
/echo "Files:\n";/
$i=0;

while (false !==($files=readdir($handle))) {
    /* .DS_Store appears in MacOS X directory structues */
    if ($files != "." && $files != ".." && $files != ".DS_Store" && $files != "info.php") {
        /* echo "$files\n"; */
    $filearray[$i++]=$files;
    chmod("./photo/".$files,0755);

    }
}  
closedir($handle);

}
Thanks

flipmo

[drawmack]

are you the owner or is the user agent running the program the owner?

[flipmo]

I presumed that I was the owner.... how do you check? Sorry very new to all this 😕

[drawmack]

My guess would be that the user agent running your program, which it probably the web server, does not have the rights to mess with the modifycation rights on this system. This is an OS problem and not a php problem so I would suggest using google to find an appropriate message board for your query.