RES: [PHP] How to determine if file is writable and deletable

If it's not, what else can? I got curious. Regards, Thiago Henrique Pojda -----Mensagem original----- De: Al [mailto:news@ridersite.org] Enviada em: quarta-feira, 7 de maio de 2008 12:25 Para: php-general@lists.php.net Assunto: Re: [PHP] How to determine if file is writable and deletable You are missing the point of my question. I don't have a problem reading the permissions. They do not solely determine whether a file can be deleted. Aschwin Wesselius wrote: > Al wrote: >> I need to determine if a file is truly deletable by a php script, >> Deleting permissions seem to be the same as writing, they probably >> have the same criteria. >> >> is_writable() seems to virtually useless in most cases. It doesn't >> take into account the directory ownership/permissions; which, best I >> can tell, is the real determining factor. >> >> I've resorted to having to determine the directory's ownership and >> then compare the directory's rights with the owner's and then the >> other ['world']. >> >> E.g., Assume my script was loaded with ftp, so it's ownership is the >> site-name, and I want the scrip to be able to determine if it can >> delete a file. Thus, the file in question must have its "other" >> permissions include write. >> >> Surely, there must be an easier way. >> >> Thanks, Al........ >> > Hi, > > Maybe this is what you need: > > http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.fileperms.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php