chmod not working?

[spires]

Hi guys,

 

I'm trying to change the permissions of a file on my server using PHP.

I'm on a Linux server.

 

The file is currently 0644 and I'm trying to change it to 0777.

 

chmod('file_permissions.php', 0777);
echo substr(decoct(fileperms('file_permissions.php')), 2);

 

However, it's still echoing out 0644.

 

I've even checked the file permissions on the server and they are still 0644 also.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[JonnoTheDev]

supply the full path to the file and make sure that permissions / ownership are avaialble to perform this action.

chmod('/path/to/file.php')