lchown

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)

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.

Notes

Note: This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the servers filesystem.

Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories you are about to operate on have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.

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