use php to change folder permissions

abda53

how can i use php to change folder permissions on my site? its going to be in a admin only area

heres my code now..

function dirheader($dir, $dirid)
{
global $CONFIG;
$warning = '';

if (!is_writable($CONFIG['fullpath'].$dir))
$warning ="<tr><td class=\"tableh2\" valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"3\">\n".
"Warning: the script can't write in this directory, you need to change its mode to 755 or 777 before trying to add the pictures !</td></tr>\n";
return "<tr><td class=\"tableh2\" valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"3\">\n".
"Put pictures of "$dir" into ".albumselect($dirid)."</td></tr>\n".$warning;
}

i just want it to have a button where i can click and itll change the permissions of the ($CONFIG['fullpath'].$dir) to chmod 777

any ideas?

maybl8r03

Try

if (!empty($_POST["change_permission"]))
{
   $strFilename = escapeshellcmd($CONFIG["fullpath"].$dir);
   $strMode = "0777";
   $strScratch = exec("chmod {$strMode} {$strFilename}", $arErrors);
}