Well, you're pleasant today, Mike.
On 8/2/07, Ford, Mike <M.Ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 02 August 2007 15:58, Daniel Brown wrote:
>
> > On 8/2/07, Ben Ramsey <ramsey@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to set a sticky bit on a directory with chmod(). The same
> > > octal value works from the command prompt, but it doesn't appear to
> > > work correctly with the PHP function. Anyone have an idea as to why?
>
> [SNIP]
>
>
> > Drop the preceding 0 from the chmod() function parameters. The
> > four-digit octal value is preferred, and the 0 is the first bit to
> > show that there's no user- or group-specific execution (su-exec'ing,
> > basically) or "stickiness" to the file/directory. However,
> > three-digit values will work. In either case, five digits will not
> > work.
>
> That's a ridiculous and downright wrong piece of advice. It may be correct for doing it directly in the shell, but in PHP you need the leading 0 to force the numbers to octal: 0755 is exactly the same as 00755 and 000755 (etc.), but different from plain 755.
>
> >
> > Right:
> > chmod 0755 file.php
> > chmod 1777 file.php
> > chmod('file.php',0755);
> > chmod('file.php',1777);
>
> That last statement is the same as:
>
> chmod('file.php', 03361)
>
> which I don't think will have the desired effect!!
>
>
> > Will almost always work, but isn't entirely correct:
>
> Not even nearly correct:
>
> > chmod 755 file.php
> > chmod 644 file.php
> > chmod('file.php',755);
>
> ... same as: chmod('file.php', 01363);
>
>
> > chmod('file.php',644);
>
> ... same as: chmod('file.php', 01204);
>
>
> > Will never (or at least, SHOULD never) work:
>
> On the contrary, the PHP versions of these are entirely correct -- you *need* the leading zeros to make the numeric literals be octal:
>
> > chmod 00755 file.php
> > chmod 01777 file.php
> > chmod('file.php',00755);
> > chmod('file.php',01777);
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike
>
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