Question

I have tried this:

echo substr(sprintf('%o', fileperms($mdbFilename)), -4).'<br />';
echo chmod($mdbFilename, 0777);
echo substr(sprintf('%o', fileperms($mdbFilename)), -4).'<br />';

The out put I get for the above is:

0666
1
0666

So the above has not worked! Why is this the case? And why does chmod report true?

The variable $mdbFilename contains the path to the file which is C:\wamp\www\webs\db\access_db_1276264459.mdb

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Windows does not support the *NIX octal permissions.

Edit: You may also want to try clearing the stat cache before you re-read the file’s permissions, ala Pekka’s response.

Edit #2: Since a permission of 0777 specifies that the file is executable, why would you even want to do that to the file?

It’s an MDB file, or a Microsoft Access^™ database file. Why would that ever need to be executed? I think Windows determines whether something is executable by its having an executable extension (like .EXE, .BAT, or .COM).