How To CHMOD from FTP

The most common reason you will need to change the CHMOD of a file or folder in PHP is to write data to a folder (image uploads for example) or a file (such as a flat file database.) This is a very easy process that you can do though most FTP programs. Although the screenshot in this article is from the FTP program Transmit, most FTP programs work in a similar way so the same steps and concepts will apply.