Permissions error when uploading

[jgd123456]

Hi, i'm trying to upload a file but when i view the file i get the error:

You don't have permission to access /images/image.gif on this server.

The code works perfectly locally but not online. I checked the permissions on the image and it was set to 600 and when i set it to 644 (via ftp) it displayed fine.

Therefore i figured i could change the permissions using php so i added a chmod line below my move_uploaded_file like so:

move_uploaded_file($temp_file, $path . $file_name);
chmod($path . $file_name, 644);

But this gave me a permissions error even though i have set my images folder to 777.

Appreciate if someone could help. Thanks

 

[jpadie]

try setting the umask to 0 before performing the chmod.

you should also prepend the mode with a 0 to force it into octal rather than decimal.

$u = umask(0);
move_uploaded_file($temp_file, $path . $file_name);
chmod($path . $file_name, 0644);

but the problem has probably been caused by the directory itself having been created with faulty credentials.

 

[jgd123456]

Genius, worked a treat. Thanks

 

[jpadie]

I forgot to add a last line, to reset the umask or further operations.

umask($u);