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lchown

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)

lchownChanges user ownership of symlink


Description

lchown ( string $filename , mixed $user ) : bool

Attempts to change the owner of the symlink filename to user user.

Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.


Parameters

filename
Path to the file.
user
User name or number.


Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.


Examples

Example #1 Changing the owner of a symbolic link

<?php$target = 'output.php';$link = 'output.html';symlink($target, $link);lchown($link, 8);?>

Notes

Note:

This function will not work on

remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

Note:

This function is not

implemented on Windows platforms.

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