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-ssh2.php. View all references

public function chmod( $file, $mode = false, $recursive = false ) {
	if ( ! $this->exists( $file ) ) {
		return false;
	}

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

	if ( ! $recursive || ! $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
		return $this->run_command( sprintf( 'chmod %o %s', $mode, escapeshellarg( $file ) ), true );
	}

	return $this->run_command( sprintf( 'chmod -R %o %s', $mode, escapeshellarg( $file ) ), true );
}