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PORecursively chmod/chown/chgrp all files and folder within a directory
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    copied!<p>I am working on a site which builds other sites. Some if it I use <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.copy.php" rel="noreferrer">copy()</a> to create the files and directories, other times I'm building XML files in php and using <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/domdocument.save.php" rel="noreferrer">DOMDocument::save</a> to save them. The end result is a root folder with all sorts of messed up permissions. I've beening modding files and folders as I go, which words to some extent, but I'm particularly having trouble when it comes to using <code>copy()</code>.</p> <p>(This is where I'm at so far <a href="http://pastebin.com/SBE8vtFX" rel="noreferrer">http://pastebin.com/SBE8vtFX</a>, attn: <code>function modPath($path)</code>)</p> <p>I want to take a different approach and recursively <strong>chmod/chown/chgrp</strong> all the files and folders within my document root to my specifications <em>at once</em>.</p> <p>Take for example the document root</p> <pre><code>/home/mysite/public_html </code></pre> <p>and within <code>public_html</code> I have</p> <pre><code>-rwxrwxrwx 1 mysite mysite 348 Aug 31 10:49 index.php d--------x 5 root root 4096 Aug 30 10:21 folder1 drwxrwxrwx 2 mysite mysite 4096 Aug 30 09:41 folder2 </code></pre> <hr> <h2>My question:</h2> <p>How can I mod <strong>all</strong> files within a specified directory at once? I want to differentiate different chmod settings between directories and folders as well. This needs to be a PHP solution.</p> <p>This is as far as I can get</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php function modAll($root) { $aPath = explode("/", $root); $user = $aPath[2]; /* Some sort of looping through $root */ { $mod = (is_dir($thisfileorfolder) ? 0755 : 0644); chmod($thisfileorfolder, $mod); chown($thisfileorfolder, $user); chgrp($thisfileorfolder, $user); } } ?&gt; </code></pre>
 

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