PHP ftp_chmod() Function
The PHP ftp_chmod() function sets the permissions on the specified remote file to permissions. The function returns the new file permissions on success or false on error.
Syntax
ftp_chmod(ftp, permissions, filename)
Parameters
ftp |
Required. Specify the FTP connection to use. |
permissions |
Required. Specify the new permissions, given as an octal value (starting with 0). The parameter consists of four numbers:
|
filename |
Required. Specify the file to set permissions on. |
Return Value
Returns the new file permissions on success or false on error.
Example:
The example below shows the usage of ftp_chmod() function.
<?php //FTP server to use $ftp_server = "ftp.example.com"; //file for which permission need to set $file = "/home/etc/test.txt"; //username for the FTP Connection $ftp_user = "user"; //password for the user $ftp_pass = "password"; //set up a connection or die $ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server"); if($ftp) { echo "Successfully connected to $ftp_server!\n"; //trying to login if(@ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) { echo "Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server\n"; //trying to chmod $file to 644 if (ftp_chmod($ftp, 0644, $file)) { echo "$file chmoded successfully to 644\n"; } else { echo "Could not chmod $file.\n"; } } else { echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n"; } //close the connection if(ftp_close($ftp)) { echo "Connection closed successfully!\n"; } } ?>
The output of the above code will be:
Successfully connected to ftp.example.com! Connected as user@ftp.example.com /home/etc/test.txt chmoded successfully to 644 Connection closed successfully!
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