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(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

chown -- Changes file owner

Description

bool chown ( string filename, mixed user )

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

Parameters

filename

Path to the file.

user

A 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.

See Also

chmod()

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