chmod() problem

[The Little Guy]

OK... I have a PHP file permissions set to

chmod("file.php", '0666');

and when I go to the location of the file it runs, why?

[ted_chou12]

What do you mean by this: "when I go to the location of the file it runs"
From my knowledge, chmod your files to 666 will still give public the access of your file, if you want to block the access fully, 444 would be much better...

[The Little Guy]

why are the chmod properties being set?  I change them, and nothing happens, it is all ways the same permissions even when I do change them.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong:

chmod(move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "users/$_SESSION[user]/".strtolower($name)),0444);

[ted_chou12]

try separating the move file from the chmod, so your statement is more clear, like:
move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "users/$_SESSION[user]/".strtolower($name));
chmod("users/$_SESSION[user]/", 0444);

[The Little Guy]

ok... Now I have this:

$movedfile = move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "users/$_SESSION[user]/".strtolower($name));
chmod($movedfile,0000);

It did nothing.

[HuggieBear]

What OS are you running on?

Regards
Huggie

[ted_chou12]

What I think is the problem, is that move_uploaded_file() does not return a filename, so you cannot chmod it..
try echoing $movedfile, see if it gives you a filename with the correct path.
but I dont know...
Ted

[magic2goodil]

you might try $_FILES['postedname']['name'] where postedname is the name of your post field in your upload form..

[The Little Guy]

I figured it out, I needed one more like, it now looks like this:

move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "users/$_SESSION[user]/".strtolower($name));
$movedfile = "users/$_SESSION[user]/".strtolower($name);
chmod($movedfile,0444);

Thanks for the help, separating the functions really helped.