chown

chown

Changes file owner

bool **chown** string $filename  $user

Attempts to change the owner of the file to user . Only the superuser may change the owner of a file. filename``user

filenamePath to the file.

userA user name or number.

return.success

Voorbeeld: Simple 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 user
chown($path, $user_name);

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

?>

Array
(
    [name] => root
    [passwd] => x
    [uid] => 0
    [gid] => 0
    [gecos] => root
    [dir] => /root
    [shell] => /bin/bash
)

Opmerking: > On Windows, this function fails silently when applied on a regular file.

chmod``chgrp