Changes filesystem permissions.

$file string Required

Path to the file.

$mode int|false Optional

The permissions as octal number, usually 0644 for files, 0755 for directories.

Default: false

$recursive bool Optional

If set to true, changes file permissions recursively.

Default: false

bool True on success, false on failure.

File: wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php. View all references

public function chmod( $file, $mode = false, $recursive = false ) {
	if ( ! $mode ) {
		if ( $this->is_file( $file ) ) {
			$mode = FS_CHMOD_FILE;
		} elseif ( $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
			$mode = FS_CHMOD_DIR;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}

	// chmod any sub-objects if recursive.
	if ( $recursive && $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
		$filelist = $this->dirlist( $file );

		foreach ( (array) $filelist as $filename => $filemeta ) {
			$this->chmod( $file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive );
		}
	}

	// chmod the file or directory.
	return $this->ftp->chmod( $file, $mode );
}