Re: note 17518 added to function.mkdir

On December 12, 2001 11:01 am, rhbwebpages@hotmail.com wrote: > I wasted a few hours on this function until I realized that at least > on some systems, you'll get unpredictable results if you try using > "abbreviated" mode values with the mkdir() function. > > For example, you should always use the form mkdir($dir, 0777) and NOT > mkdir($dir, 777), as you can use in chmod. Maybe this is obvious to > some, but if you're having troubles getting the right permissions for > a directory, you may want to check this first. This is a relatively subtle mistake. 777 is a decimal number, while 0777 is an octal number equivalent to 511 decimal. This is noted in the documentation. -- --zak