lchown

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7, PHP 8)

lchownChanges user ownership of symlink

Description

lchown(string $filename, string|int $user): bool

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($link8);
?>

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: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

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