Chown () function example tutorial

Chown

(PHP 4 and PHP 5)

Chown-change the file owner

Description
Boolean chown (string $ file name, mixed $ user)
Attempt to change the owner file of an archive to the user. Only the Supervisor can change the human Archive.

Parameters

File name
File path.

User
User name or number.


Return value
Returns TRUE or FALSE.

Instance

<? 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']);

?>
The above example will output something similar:

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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