Re: [PHP] How to determine if file is writable and deletable

You are missing the point of my question. I don't have a problem reading the permissions. They do 
not solely determine whether a file can be deleted.

Aschwin Wesselius wrote:
> Al wrote:
>> I need to determine if a file is truly deletable by a php script, 
>> Deleting permissions seem to be the same as writing, they probably 
>> have the same criteria.
>>
>> is_writable() seems to virtually useless in most cases. It doesn't 
>> take into account the directory ownership/permissions; which, best I 
>> can tell, is the real determining factor.
>>
>> I've resorted to having to determine the directory's ownership and 
>> then compare the directory's rights with the owner's and then the 
>> other ['world'].
>>
>> E.g., Assume my script was loaded with ftp, so it's ownership is the 
>> site-name, and I want the scrip to be able to determine if it can 
>> delete a file. Thus, the file in question must have its "other" 
>> permissions include write.
>>
>> Surely, there must be an easier way.
>>
>> Thanks, Al........
>>
> Hi,
> 
> Maybe this is what you need:
> 
> http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.fileperms.php