Filesystem Functions
PHP Manual

lchown

Changes user ownership of symlink

Description

bool lchown ( string $filename , mixed $user )

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: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

See Also

  • chown
  • lchgrp
  • chgrp
  • chmod