As mentioned in the note below, the function posted by "hardy add mapscene dot com" works incorrectly if used with an octal mode, the way the php5 function is used.
This function works exactly like the the php5 one:
<?php
if (!function_exists('ftp_chmod')) {
function ftp_chmod($ftp_stream, $mode, $filename)
{
return ftp_site($ftp_stream, sprintf('CHMOD %o %s', $mode, $filename));
}
}
?>