mkdir and file permissions

[bernhard]

hello,

i came up a strange behaviour when playing around. i have this code:

// create folder for new pw site
mkdir('0777', 0777);
mkdir('chmodDir', $config->chmodDir);

and this is what i get:

why is the 0777 folder not having 0777 permissions? and what strange permissions do i get when using $config->chmodDir ?

echo $config->chmodDir shows 0755

thank you for your help

[netcarver]

What do you get if you type umask<return> from a command line window on your server box?

Edited to add: Sounds like it will be '0022'.

Edited October 7, 2014 by netcarver