Assigning and return octal number?

Hey Guys,

I hope you guys can help me. I am trying to create a variable that will hold the default file permission for the chmod.

For example:

$chmod_perm = 0755;

$chmod($file, $chmod_perm);

My problem is that $chmod_perm becomes a long type and the number changes. I also tried using decoct() but just returns 755. Chmod requires the parameter to be 0755 or else it doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

 

assuming that i understood what your problem is, $chmod_perm = '0755'; should work

 

Unfortunately that doesn't work. It can't be a string value. It must be numerical.

 

A bit overkill but solves your tricky problem

<?php
// ftp connect....
$chmod_perm = '0755';
$file_path = '/uploads/';
ftp_site($ftpconn, "CHMOD {$chmod_perm} {$file_path}");
?>

PHP:

 

I'll just stick with specifying it manually. I figured someone would had a solution for this.

Thanks guys.