PHP fileperms() Function

The fileperms() function returns the permissions for a file or directory.This function returns the permission as a number on success or FALSE on failure.

int fileperms ( string $filename )

Gets permissions for the given file.

Example -

The above example will output:

1777
0644

Example -

<?php
$perms = fileperms('/etc/passwd');

switch ($perms & 0xF000) {
    case 0xC000: // socket
        $info = 's';
        break;
    case 0xA000: // symbolic link
        $info = 'l';
        break;
    case 0x8000: // regular
        $info = 'r';
        break;
    case 0x6000: // block special
        $info = 'b';
        break;
    case 0x4000: // directory
        $info = 'd';
        break;
    case 0x2000: // character special
        $info = 'c';
        break;
    case 0x1000: // FIFO pipe
        $info = 'p';
        break;
    default: // unknown
        $info = 'u';
}

// Owner
$info .= (($perms & 0x0100) ? 'r' : '-');
$info .= (($perms & 0x0080) ? 'w' : '-');
$info .= (($perms & 0x0040) ?
            (($perms & 0x0800) ? 's' : 'x' ) :
            (($perms & 0x0800) ? 'S' : '-'));

// Group
$info .= (($perms & 0x0020) ? 'r' : '-');
$info .= (($perms & 0x0010) ? 'w' : '-');
$info .= (($perms & 0x0008) ?
            (($perms & 0x0400) ? 's' : 'x' ) :
            (($perms & 0x0400) ? 'S' : '-'));

// World
$info .= (($perms & 0x0004) ? 'r' : '-');
$info .= (($perms & 0x0002) ? 'w' : '-');
$info .= (($perms & 0x0001) ?
            (($perms & 0x0200) ? 't' : 'x' ) :
            (($perms & 0x0200) ? 'T' : '-'));

echo $info;
?>

The above example will output:

-rw-r--r--

Parameter	Description
filename	Required. Specifies the file to check

Note -

The result of this function are cached. Use clearstatcache() to clear the cache.