WP_Filesystem_Direct::chmod( string $file, int $mode = false, bool $recursive = false )

Changes filesystem permissions


Description Description


Parameters Parameters

$file

(string) (Required) Path to the file.

$mode

(int) (Optional) The permissions as octal number, usually 0644 for files, 0755 for dirs.

Default value: false

$recursive

(bool) (Optional) If set True changes file group recursively.

Default value: false


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Return Return

(bool) Returns true on success or false on failure.


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Source Source

File: wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php

	public function chmod( $file, $mode = false, $recursive = false ) {
		if ( ! $mode ) {
			if ( $this->is_file( $file ) ) {
				$mode = FS_CHMOD_FILE;
			} elseif ( $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
				$mode = FS_CHMOD_DIR;
			} else {
				return false;
			}
		}

		if ( ! $recursive || ! $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
			return @chmod( $file, $mode );
		}
		// Is a directory, and we want recursive
		$file     = trailingslashit( $file );
		$filelist = $this->dirlist( $file );
		foreach ( (array) $filelist as $filename => $filemeta ) {
			$this->chmod( $file . $filename, $mode, $recursive );
		}

		return true;
	}


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