Is someone here using PHP under MSWindows? I personally am lucky and do not need to use that OS at work or home.
Basically and script that tests each possible permisiong combination is doable. It comes to mind that no only chmod() and mkdir(), but umask() (and perhaps others) might benefit from the modes being included in the manual itself from one the sources people have pointed out. Volunteers? ;-) --- Gabor Hojtsy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> 0777 is fine for WIN32. > > > > > > Well, this is not too scientific. The user notes > indicate on that > > > page, that the read/write permissions can > actually be set... > > > > Which user note is that? I can't find one saying > that the permissions > > work on Win32. And in virtual_mkdir() in > tsrm_virtual_cwd.c I see: > > > > #ifdef TSRM_WIN32 > > retval = mkdir(new_state.cwd); > > #else > > retval = mkdir(new_state.cwd, mode); > > #endif > > > > So perhaps the manual should state that the second > parameter of PHP's > > mkdir is ignored on Win32? > > > > To open another can of worms: the chmod manual > page is also not very > > specific about the modes - and as I understand, > you can have at least > > read-only files on Windows. > > First of all, I must admit I never checked anything > different than 0777 > on windows ;) > > There is more than one user note stating that the > permissions work on > some level though. One example: > > | It does work on Windows. > | I use Win 98 with the Sambar Server. > | The only chmods allowed are the 775 and 666 mod. > 775 for non-writeable > | and 666 for writeable. The only thing is that the > usergroups doesn't > | work. > > The number examples are pretty dumb, but the user > says it worked for > him... BTW if the code says, it is ignored on > windows, then it should > be documented as is, and the notes should be > removed. It is possible > that it was supported in a previous version of PHP > maybe... > > Goba > > > -- > PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
