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The PHP ftp_chmod() function sets permissions on the specified file via FTP.

				
					<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = 'ftp.example.com';

$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die('Could not connect to ' . $ftp_server);
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);

$file = '/test/my-file';

// try to set read and write for owner and read for everybody else
if (ftp_chmod($ftp_conn, 0644, $file) !== false) {
    echo 'Successfully chmoded ' . $file . ' to 644.';
}
else {
    echo 'chmod failed.';
}

// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
?>
				
			

Output

				
					// sets file permissions
				
			

Syntax

				
					ftp_chmod(ftp_conn, mode, file)
				
			

Parameter

ParameterDescription
ftp_connSpecifies the FTP connection to use (required)
modeSpecifies the new permissions; this parameter consists of four numbers(required):

  • The first number is always zero

  • The second number specifies permissions for the OWNER

  • The third number specifies permissions for the OWNER's USER GROUP

  • The fourth number specifies permissions for EVERYBODY ELSE


Possible values (to set multiple permissions, add up the following numbers):

  • 1 = execute permissions

  • 2 = write permissions

  • 4 = read permissions

fileSpecifies the file to set permissions on (required)

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