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< 		if ( ! $recursive || ! $this->is_dir($file) ) {
< 			if ( ! function_exists('ftp_chmod') )
< 				return @ftp_site($this->link, sprintf('CHMOD %o %s', $mode, $file));
< 			return @ftp_chmod($this->link, $mode, $file);
< 		}
< 		//Is a directory, and we want recursive
< 		$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
< 		foreach ( $filelist as $filename ) {
< 			$this->chmod($file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
---
> 		if ( $recursive && $this->is_dir($file) ) {
> 			//fetch contents of the directory
> 			$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
> 			//make sure the directory isn't empty by testing for the presence of a returned array
> 			if(is_array($filelist)) {
> 				foreach ($filelist as $filename=>$metadata ) {
> 					$this->chmod($file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
> 				}
> 			}
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< 		return true;
---
> 		//chmod the file or directory
> 		if ( ! function_exists('ftp_chmod') )
> 			return @ftp_site($this->link, sprintf('CHMOD %o %s', $mode, $file));
> 		return @ftp_chmod($this->link, $mode, $file);