note 105570 added to function.chmod

For recursive chmod'ing both files and directories in one step you can use the function below. Note that this function has one argument for directory permissions and one for file permissions. In this way you can apply the 'x' permission on directories, and skip it on directories. This function also skips links. Example usage : chmod_R( 'mydir', 0666, 0777); Makes all files and directories within mydir/ directory accessible for everyone, but doesn't make the files executable. I guess for very deeply nested directories the recursion with php can become problematic, but I can be wrong because I never investigated this. <?php function chmod_R($path, $filemode, $dirmode) { if (is_dir($path) ) { if (!chmod($path, $dirmode)) { $dirmode_str=decoct($dirmode); print "Failed applying filemode '$dirmode_str' on directory '$path'\n"; print " `-> the directory '$path' will be skipped from recursive chmod\n"; return; } $dh = opendir($path); while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) { if($file != '.' && $file != '..') { // skip self and parent pointing directories $fullpath = $path.'/'.$file; chmod_R($fullpath, $filemode,$dirmode); } } closedir($dh); } else { if (is_link($path)) { print "link '$path' is skipped\n"; return; } if (!chmod($path, $filemode)) { $filemode_str=decoct($filemode); print "Failed applying filemode '$filemode_str' on file '$path'\n"; return; } } } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 131.174.142.56 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chmod.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105570 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105570 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105570 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php