code: <?php $files = scandir('/home/kranthi/downloaded'); var_dump($files); permissions for the dir: $ ls -lA drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache all the files in the directory have permissions -rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache when i run the above code via CLI, with user "kranthi" it is working as expected. but if i run the above code via http server (running as user "apache") i am getting permission denied error. ny ideas ? Kranthi. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php