PHP Manual: Change stream metadata

public bool streamWrapper::stream_metadata ( string $path , int $option , mixed $value )

This method is called to set metadata on the stream. It is called when one of the following functions is called on a stream URL:

Please note that some of these operations may not be available on your system.

path

The file path or URL to set metadata. Note that in the case of a URL, it must be a :// delimited URL. Other URL forms are not supported.

option

One of:

STREAM_META_TOUCH (The method was called in response to touch)
STREAM_META_OWNER_NAME (The method was called in response to chown with string parameter)
STREAM_META_OWNER (The method was called in response to chown)
STREAM_META_GROUP_NAME (The method was called in response to chgrp)
STREAM_META_GROUP (The method was called in response to chgrp)
STREAM_META_ACCESS (The method was called in response to chmod)

value

If option is

STREAM_META_TOUCH: Array consisting of two arguments of the touch function.
STREAM_META_OWNER_NAME or STREAM_META_GROUP_NAME: The name of the owner user/group as string.
STREAM_META_OWNER or STREAM_META_GROUP: The value owner user/group argument as integer.
STREAM_META_ACCESS: The argument of the chmod as integer.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If option is not implemented, FALSE should be returned.

streamWrapper::stream_metadata