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

Changes filesystem permissions.


Parameters

$file

(Required) Path to the file.

$mode

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

Default value: false

$recursive

(Optional) If set to true, changes file permissions recursively.<br>

Default value: false


Return

(bool) True on success, false on failure.


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;
	}


Changelog

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2.5.0 Introduced.