Php - Chmod Not Working

Using chmod I want to change the chmod values of the files from the user. But it does not work. My code is;

$chmod = "0777";
chmod($filename, $chmod);

I am entering chmod 777. But the chmod value of the file is 1411. I tried Chmod 0777, 777, 00777. The result is the same.

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