Question

I have a problem uploading files with move_uploaded_file(src, dest).
Uploadify is used to call the upload.php script which is executing:

move_uploaded_file($tempFile, $targetFile);

Every time I upload a file the permission on the ftp server is set to 363.
I tried to set the permission of the file with:

chmod($targetFile, 755);

But this didn’t change anything. What can I do to make this function work correctly?

Also I can’t delete the files from my ftp server, because I get a “permission denied”.
How to delete them?

Answer 1

You need to use an octal value such as 0755.

However, use 0644 instead since you most likely do not need/want the x-bit set on those files. If you cannot delete them via ftp, try 0664 or even 0666 – in shared hosting environments your php scripts usually run as the webserver user and your ftp account uses a different user.