Hummm, sorry, you're right, you're converting it do a "fake" octal via
strings, I was wrong in my first paragraph. In any case, if it helps, on
my comp it really does evaluate true.
Bogdan
Gandalf wrote:
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I am doing this
>
> $newpath = "./uploads/newdir/";
> if (!is_dir($newpath)) mkdir($newpath, 0666);
> $decperms = fileperms($newpath);
> $octalperms = sprintf("%o",$decperms);
> $perms=(substr($octalperms,2));
> echo $perms;
>
> if ($perms != 777)
> {
> rmdir ($newpath);
> }
>
> This will not delete the dir created with $newpath.
> It will only work if i change this
>
> if ($perms != 777)
> into this
> if ($perms != '777' ) // Please note the single quotes around 777
>
> Could someone tell me why it behaves like this?
> Cause if for example i do this
>
> $foo = 1;
> if ($foo == 1) //will evaluate as true, so why not with the above?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for your time and help!
>
> Best regards from Vienna,
> Jürgen
>
>
>
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