I am unable to give permit ion to a folder chmod ("/somedir/somefile", 0777).

php4om

I am unable to give permit ion to a folder on the run time. i want to give full permition to my folder like this way.
chmod ("/somedir/somefile", 0777);
But it is not working.
It shows 755 to a given dir.
what is the reason. Please let me know.
Bye bye

planetsim

Ive had the same trouble a while back and i fixed it like this

$old_umask = umask(000);
	  mkdir("newfolder",777);
	  umask($old_umask);

Of course change mkdir to chmod

swr

If you login through ssh/ftp and create the directory, it will be owned by your login user. When PHP tries to chmod the directory, it is running as the web server user (usually "httpd", "apache", or "nobody"), and being not the owner of the directory it won't be able to chmod it. My guess is, that is what is happening.

Planetsim's example will work as long as the directory does not exist, because it will then be created by the web server and so will be owned by the web server user. At that point PHP should be able to do anything to it.

php4om

$old_umask = umask(000);
mkdir("newfolder",777);
umask($old_umask);

this code is not working. i have already a folder, and want to make another folder inside that folder on run time with 777.
this is my need.
thanks in advance.

swr

What are the permissions and ownership of the directory where the new directory is being created?

It needs to be writable by the web server user (probably world-writable), and if safe mode is in effect it may need to be owned by the same user as the PHP script (probably your login user).