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authorDerek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com>2008-05-08 17:00:28 +0200
committerDerek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com>2008-05-08 17:00:28 +0200
commit94a2182c95cc95646ad582616d335bce62152c86 (patch)
tree8a803da29c737996d4708e64599f6ea9b1214048 /user_guide/helpers/file_helper.html
parentee0a7f0083e9e3e2e667211acd3909e71aa1ec47 (diff)
added symbolic_permissions() and octal_permissions() to the File helper
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@@ -142,7 +142,25 @@ can optionally be added to the file names by setting the second parameter to TRU
echo $file . ' is has a mime type of ' . get_mime_by_extension($file);</code>
</p>
<p class="critical"><strong>Note:</strong> This is not an accurate way of determining file mime types, and is here strictly as a convenience. It should not be used for security.</p>
+
+<h2>symbolic_permissions(<kbd>$perms</kbd>)</h2>
+
+<p>Takes numeric permissions (such as is returned by <kbd>fileperms()</kbd> and returns standard symbolic notation of file permissions.</p>
+
+<code>echo symbolic_permissions(fileperms('./index.php'));<br />
+<br />
+// -rw-r--r--</code>
+
+<h2>octal_permissions(<kbd>$perms</kbd>)</h2>
+
+<p>Takes numeric permissions (such as is returned by <kbd>fileperms()</kbd> and returns a three character octal notation of file permissions.</p>
+
+<code>echo octal_permissions(fileperms('./index.php'));<br />
+<br />
+// 644</code>
+
</div>
+
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