Title: WP_Filesystem_Direct::getchmod
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_Direct::getchmod( string $file ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Gets the permissions of the specified file or filepath in their octal format.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

FIXME does not handle errors in fileperms()

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$file`stringrequired

Path to the file.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string Mode of the file (the last 3 digits).

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function getchmod( $file ) {
    	return substr( decoct( @fileperms( $file ) ), -3 );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php#L259)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php#L259-L261)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_direct/getchmod/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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