On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 09:50 -0500, Alice Wei wrote:
> Hi, Ashley:
>
> I thought about it and edited my script to check what permission I
> had, and it appears I do have the permission rights, and it actually
> changed to 0777. Here is the code:
>
> <?php
>
> ini_set('display_errors', 1);
> error_reporting(E_ALL);
> $curDir = getcwd();
> chmod($curDir,0777) or die ("Failed to change permission");
> echo substr(sprintf('%o', fileperms($curDir)), -4);
> unlink("testFile.txt");
> echo unlink("testFile.txt");
>
> ?>
>
> The output:
>
> 0777
> Warning: unlink(testFile.txt) [function.unlink]: Permission denied in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\project\file_write.php on line 10
>
> Warning: unlink(testFile.txt) [function.unlink]: Permission denied in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\project\file_write.php n line 11
>
> If this is the case, how come I don't have the permissions to delete
> the file?
> Thanks again.
>
> Alice
>
>
> > Subject: Re: PHP unlink Permission Error
> > From: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:53:32 +0000
> >
> > On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 09:42 -0500, Alice Wei wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a snippet of code as follows:
> > >
> > > <?php
> > >
> > > ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL);
> > > $curDir = getcwd();
> > > echo $curDir;
> > > chmod($curDir,0777);
> > > unlink("testFile.txt");
> > > echo unlink("testFile.txt");
> > > chmod ($curDir,0755);
> > > ?>
> > >
> > > The problem is that I do not seem to have the correct permissions,
> even though I seem to have changed the permissions of the folder to
> 777 already upon the file deletion time. This is the output I got:
> > >
> > > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\projectWarning: unlink(testFile.txt)
> [function.unlink]: Permission denied in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\project
> \file_write.php on line 9Warning: unlink(testFile.txt)
> [function.unlink]: Permission denied in C:\Inetpub\wwwrootproject
> \file_write.php on line 10
> > >
> > > Could anyone give me some tips on how to resolve this error?
> Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Alice
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> > You're using chmod to modify the permissions of the directory, but
> do
> > you actually have permissions to modify the permissions? If not, the
> > chmod will fail without giving an error, and then your unlink will
> fail
> > with an error.
> >
> >
> > Ash
> > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
>
>
>
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Hmm, is the current working directory the same as the one in which the
file is in? I know it seems like a silly question, but it's often the
silly ones that cause the most trouble!
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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