WP_Filesystem_Direct::chmod() │ public │ WP 2.5.0

Changes filesystem permissions.

Method of the class: WP_Filesystem_Direct{}

No Hooks.

Return

true|false. True on success, false on failure.

Usage

$WP_Filesystem_Direct = new WP_Filesystem_Direct();
$WP_Filesystem_Direct->chmod( $file, $mode, $recursive );

$file(string) (required)

Path to the file.

$mode(int|false)

The permissions as octal number, usually 0644 for files,
0755 for directories.
Default: false

$recursive(true|false)

If set to true, changes file permissions recursively.
Default: false

Changelog

WP_Filesystem_Direct::chmod() WP Filesystem Direct::chmod code ^{WP 6.6.2}

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;
}