ftp_chdir
Using the excellent octdec and decoct functions you can make this easy:
<?php
$mode = "644";
$mode = octdec( str_pad($mode,4,'0',STR_PAD_LEFT) );
ftp_chmod($ftp_stream, $mode, $file);
?>
ftp_chmod
(PHP 5)
ftp_chmod — Set permissions on a file via FTP
Description
int ftp_chmod
( resource $ftp_stream
, int $mode
, string $filename
)
Sets the permissions on the specified remote file to mode .
Parameters
- ftp_stream
-
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
- mode
-
The new permissions, given as an octal value.
- filename
-
The remote file.
Return Values
Returns the new file permissions on success or FALSE on error.
Examples
Example #1 ftp_chmod() example
<?php
$file = 'public_html/index.php';
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// try to chmod $file to 644
if (ftp_chmod($conn_id, 0644, $file) !== false) {
echo "$file chmoded successfully to 644\n";
} else {
echo "could not chmod $file\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>
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User Contributed Notesftp_chmod
Maarten Wolzak
22-Sep-2009 10:15
22-Sep-2009 10:15
rperea at vsourceweb dot com
22-Dec-2008 05:26
22-Dec-2008 05:26
It took me a while to figure out how to use this function in my situation because I needed the $mode to be passed to this function as a variable that was read from a database. Since the database returns the value as an integer without a leading zero, I could not get the operation to work because adding a leading zero in PHP turns the value into a string.
For example, this does not work in my situation:
<?php
// Assume that this is the value returned from the database.
$mode = 644;
// Now try to chmod using this value.
ftp_chmod($conn_id, $mode, 'test.txt');
// The file now has permissions of 204 and not 644
?>
Adding a leading zero doesn't work either:
<?php
// Assume that this is the value returned from the database.
$mode = 644;
// Now try to chmod using this value.
ftp_chmod($conn_id, '0'.$mode, 'test.txt');
// The file now has permissions of 204 and not 644
?>
I tried many ways to get it to work even converting it from oct to dec using octdec and then back to decoct and nothing worked. This is the only way I was able to get it to work, with an eval statement.
<?php
// Assume that this is the value returned from the database.
$mode = 644;
// Turn the mode into a string
$np = '0'.$mode;
// Now run chmod with the eval'd string parsed as an integer.
ftp_chmod($conn_id, eval("return({$np});"), 'test.txt');
// The file now has permissions of 644
?>
Of course, you will have to make sure that the value of $mode only contains 3 digits. Always do checking on your values before handing it off to eval().
cspiegl at kwask dot de
21-Apr-2008 07:30
21-Apr-2008 07:30
Ok,
so if 2 people say that my way is wrong and the other is right, i will take mine back.
I posted it cause for me just the way i used it worked (i don't know why)
AND: i would not say something like: "I would try before post", in my opinion that is realy unfriendly, cause i tryed!
tiefenbrunner at obdev dot at
17-Dec-2007 01:19
17-Dec-2007 01:19
The "mode" parameter of the PHP5 ftp_chmod function is an integer value that is supposed to be given as an octal number, like the argument for the "chmod" command line tool.
Thus the sprintf must use the %o formatting character, so that the passed integer value is really represented as an octal number to the CHMOD site command for the FTP server.
So, IMHO, rabin's version is correct (it definitely worked for me).
Josh at jcr dot com
13-Sep-2007 05:13
13-Sep-2007 05:13
rabin's code works just fine as a replacement for ftp_chmod().
I would try that before trying cspiegl's solution for pre-php 5 installations.
cspiegl at KwasK dot de
31-Aug-2007 08:36
31-Aug-2007 08:36
Hi,
The commet with the "ftp_site" is not correct!
You must use it like this:
<?php
if (!function_exists('ftp_chmod')) {
function ftp_chmod($ftp_stream, $mode, $filename)
{
return ftp_site($ftp_stream, sprintf('CHMOD %u %s', $mode, $filename));
}
}
?>
rabin at rab dot in
23-May-2006 10:21
23-May-2006 10:21
As mentioned in the note below, the function posted by "hardy add mapscene dot com" works incorrectly if used with an octal mode, the way the php5 function is used.
This function works exactly like the the php5 one:
<?php
if (!function_exists('ftp_chmod')) {
function ftp_chmod($ftp_stream, $mode, $filename)
{
return ftp_site($ftp_stream, sprintf('CHMOD %o %s', $mode, $filename));
}
}
?>