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The next function is related to chown information. Okay, without further ado, let’s take a look. ​

The following function is related to chown information. Okay, without further ado, let’s take a look.

chown

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

chown - change file owner

Description
boolean chown(string $filename, mix$user)
An attempt was made to change the owner of the file to user user. Only the Supervisor can change a person's profile.

Parameters

File name
File path.

User
Username or number.


Return value
Returns TRUE or FALSE on success or failure.

Example

// 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 user
chown($path, $user_name);

// Check the result
$stat = stat($path);
print_r(posix_getpwuid($stat['uid']));

?>
The above example will output something similar to:

array(7) {
["name"]=>
string(13) "php.net"
["passwd"]=>
string(1) "x"
["uid"]=>
int(148864)
["gid"]=>
int(148910)
["gecos"]=>
string(13) "php.net"
["dir"]=>
string(25) "/home/sites/php.net"
["shell"]=>
string(13) "/sbin/nologin"
}
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