http file upload problem

[synfield]

I'm having probs with uploading files via http (browser), seems that there is an issue with apache 2.0 or my php configuration.

My servers (rh9.0) default temp directory for file uploads is /tmp, the permissions are set on this directory as rwx-rwx-rwt

the destination directory for the file using move_uploaded_file is /var/www/html/_img and I have set permissions as rwx-rwx-rwx.

The php.ini has safe_mode = On , register_globals On, File_uploads = On, upload_tmp_dir = /tmp.

The wierd thing is that I originally could upload images from my client windows xp IE6 browser and the images would appear in the destination directory with my name as file owner and group and default permissions set to rwx-rw-r, then on subsequent testing I had php 'permission' errors re "unable to move uploaded file "
then on rebooting server the uploaded images would appear in the destination directory with apache as owner and group but default permissions now set as rw-------.

Could anyone help explain what the issue could be here?

Regards

Synfield

[synfield]

In continuation the above, I have problems uploading files and reading .htaccess file. This issue seems to be an apache issue rather than php.

When I use move_uploaded_file() to get move the image file to the destination directory i.e. /var/www/html/_img, however apache seems to reset the permissions to
-rw------ apache apache img_name.jpg

If I use copy() the resulting image file gets the correct permissions

-rwxr-xr-x apache apache img_name.jpg

Does anyone know if this is a configuartion issue with apache and how I can get move_uploaded_file() to work properly?

[LordShryku]

Why not just chmod() after move_upload_file()?