open_basedir and fileperms()

TKennedy

I have an easy question (at least I hope it's easy).

I'm having trouble listing file permissions for files that are in a subdirectory of where my script is running. I've searched the message board and found some similar issues and checking open_basedir was suggested.

I know the files exist and I am able to edit them and list their group/owner, but I get the warning shown below and the permissions field is blank.

Warning: fileperms(): Stat failed for filename.txt (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /home/public_html/test/test.php on line 800

Is the fileperms function affected by open_basedir or am I not still not looking in the right place?

drew010

what is the php code you are using with fileperms, it says the file doesnt exist, maybe you are pointing in the wrong place?
i dont think fileperms is affected by open basedir however.

TKennedy

Yeah, that's what I don't get. It says the file doesn't exist, yet the file does exist. It is listed in the file manager, it's editable and shows "nobody" as the group and owner.

Here is a shortened version of what happens:

//Set the path and read the directory
$newpath = substr($path.$pathext, 0, -1);	//remove the forward or backwards slash from the end of the path
	if ($dir = @opendir($newpath)) {
		/* loop once for each name in the directory */
		$fc=0;
		while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
…
// get some stat info about the file and assign each part to an array
$filedata = stat($newpath.'/'.$file); // get some info about the file
		$fileattrib[$fc][0] = $file; // file name
		$fileattrib[$fc][1] = $filedata[7]; // size in bytes
		$fileattrib[$fc][2] = $filedata[9]; // time of last modification 
		$fileattrib[$fc][8] = $filedata[4]; // file owner 
		$fileattrib[$fc][9] = $filedata[5]; // file group 
…
// get the permissions for the file and convert to rwx format
$filepermissions = GetFilePerms($file);
// $filepermissions = GetFilePerms($fileattrib[$i][0]); tried this the first time and it didn’t work either

…

Here is the function I call:

function GetFilePerms($file) {
   $p_bin = substr(decbin(fileperms($file)), -9) ; // This is the line that gives the warning
   $p_arr = explode(".", substr(chunk_split($p_bin, 1, "."), 0, 17)) ;
   $perms = "";
   $i = 0;
   foreach ($p_arr as $this) { 
	 $p_char = ( $i%3==0 ? "r" : ( $i%3==1 ? "w" : "x" ) ); 
	 $perms .= ( $this=="1" ? $p_char : "-" ) . ( $i%3==2 ? " " : "" );
	 $i++;
   } 
   return $perms;
}

To complicate the problem, this works in my script directory with no hitches at all. It also works in the subdirectories if I copy or move the file there, but not if I create it there. Also, what I don’t understand is the warning, it gives the file name of the file that supposedly doesn’t exist. I don’t understand why it says it doesn’t exist but it can read the file name…it’s just weird to me.