Php/docs/function.chown
chown
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
chown — Changes file owner
Description
chown
( string $filename
, mixed $user
) : bool
Attempts to change the owner of the file filename
to user user. Only the superuser may change the
owner of a file.
Parameters
filename- Path to the file.
user- A user name or number.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 Simple chown() usage
<?php// File name and username to use$file_name= "foo.php";$path = "/home/sites/php.net/public_html/sandbox/" . $file_name ;$user_name = "root";// Set the userchown($path, $user_name);// Check the result$stat = stat($path);print_r(posix_getpwuid($stat['uid']));?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[name] => root
[passwd] => x
[uid] => 0
[gid] => 0
[gecos] => root
[dir] => /root
[shell] => /bin/bash
)
Notes
Note:
This function will not work onremote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.
Note:
On Windows, this function fails silently when applied on a regular file.
