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[challenge entry] Compo pearoast #2

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(AdrianJ, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:18, archived)
# can i tj with a quick technical question
is it possible to change file permissions from within a php script?
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:21, archived)
# I don't know
but it's a trivial matter in Perl
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:23, archived)
# perl makes me sad though
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:26, archived)
# perl is evil
oh yes.

perl regexs are nice though.
(I helped save b3ta! slight yoinks!, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:27, archived)
# It makes me happy
when I finally manage to get it to work
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:31, archived)
# I don't know.. But what I DO know is that I like chocolate biscuits..
Huzzah!
(I helped save b3ta! Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:23, archived)
# me too
What a kwinky-dinky
(I helped save b3ta! faithy, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:24, archived)
# me too
What a kwinky-dinky
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:24, archived)
# yep
uk.php.net/manual/en/function.chmod.php

watch out for the umask gotcha, it works a bit differently to chmod on the command line.
(I helped save b3ta! slight yoinks!, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:26, archived)
# cheers muchly
i really ought to have looked for that function name... silly me
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:29, archived)
# add a 0 before the normal mode
so:

chmod( 'filename', 0755 );

is equiv to

bash$ chmod 755 filename
(I helped save b3ta! slight yoinks!, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:33, archived)
# cheers!
*duely notes*
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:36, archived)
# naughty Brians testing on animals
Virgil looks really pissed off
woo!
(Alex is a lucky girl, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:25, archived)
# Subtle

YAY for Thunderbirds...best of all Anderson puppetry (along with Stingray, Joe90, Fireball XL5)

terrahawks was utter utter twuntsticks...so there
(I helped save b3ta! Attila the Bun is not in a right cunt of a mood, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:29, archived)
# pfft
brill!
(I helped save b3ta! Roman Totale, Fri 4 Jun 2004, 23:32, archived)