mkdir -- problem with chmod

[kilby]

Hi,

i have a problem with mkdir function:

i create a directory with
if(!(mkdir("/path/$form_dirname", 0777))) {
echo("Directory doesnt exist");
}
Everything fine so far, but the directory created by this script has drwxr-xr-x
and so i cant write files into it, and cant delete it...

i thought 0777 should be drwxrwxrwx.

Where am i wrong?
Thanks for help, Martin

[kutte]

hi Martin, why don't you write

if(!mkdir("/path/$form_dirname", 0777)) {

the octal number is optional. so if the ! isn't directly in front of the mkdir function, may be the 0777 will be ignored. don't know but perhaps it is your problem.

[Anon]

problem should be solved, but i think the solution is umask(0).