How do I check if a directory is writeable in PHP?

Question

Does anyone know how I can check to see if a directory is writeable in PHP?

The function is_writable doesn\'t work for folders.

Edit: It doe

Answer 1

stat()

Much like a system stat, but in PHP. What you want to check is the mode value, much like you would out of any other call to stat in other languages (I.E. C/C++).

http://us2.php.net/stat