PHP opendir() failing in IIS

Question

I have a PHP script that is trying to open the directory "C:\Users\userA\Desktop". However, the opendir() call is returning false. Here is my code:

$path = 'C:\Users\userA\Desktop';
var_dump (is_dir($path)); //prints TRUE
var_dump (is_readable($path)); //prints TRUE
var_dump (is_writable($path)); //prints TRUE
var_dump (open_dir($path)); //prints FALSE

When I run the above from the command line, everything is TRUE, and works as expected. When I run it via an Ajax call from a web browser, opendir fails. This is running in IIS 7.5. I have set the permissions for that directory to full permissions for "Everyone". Yet, it still seems to be some sort of permissions issue. I'm not sure where to go from here.

What version of PHP ? what about `scandir` ? – Baba Mar 19 '13 at 19:22 — Baba, Mar 19 '13 at 19:22
sorry. Typo. It is opendir(). – scott80109 Mar 19 '13 at 20:29 — scott80109, Mar 19 '13 at 20:29
Php version is 5.3.13. scandir() also returns false. – scott80109 Mar 19 '13 at 20:31 — scott80109, Mar 19 '13 at 20:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 21:22

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I found the solution to my problem. I had added permissions to "C:\Users\userA\Desktop". I needed to go up one more directory. I granted IIS_IUSRS privileges to "C:\Users\userA", and it solved my problem.

answered Mar 19 '13 at 21:22

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I met this problem also with Apache and PHP. And discovered it is really by rights on file. As apache user, i tried dir %DIRECTORY%, it listed all. dir %DIRECTORY%/subdir failed with Not found. cd %DIRECTORY%/subdir failed with Permission denied. If unsure, use runas /user:serveruser cmd and try yourself. – Pihhan Apr 25 '13 at 12:17

PHP opendir() failing in IIS

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