PHP chown() Function: Changing File Ownership
The article explains PHP's chown() function, detailing its purpose, syntax, parameters, return values, and provides a complete example with code and expected output for changing a file's owner on a server.
The PHP chown() function changes the owner of a specified file to a given user, which can be identified by name or UID; only the superuser can perform this operation.
Signature: bool chown(string $filename, mixed $user)
Parameters:
filename : Path to the file.
user : Username or numeric ID of the new owner.
Return value: TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
Example usage:
Sample output of the above script might be:
Array
[
[name] => root
[passwd] => x
[uid] => 0
[gid] => 0
[gecos] => root
[dir] => /root
[shell] => /bin/bash
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