umask

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

umask -- Changes the current umask

Description

int umask ( int mask)

umask() sets PHP's umask to mask & 0777 and returns the old umask. When PHP is being used as a server module, the umask is restored when each request is finished.

umask() without arguments simply returns the current umask.

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.