lchown in PHP

lchown — Changes user ownership of symlink

Syntax:

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.



Example #1 Changing the owner of a symbolic link

<?php
$target = 'output.php';
$link = 'output.html';
symlink($target, $link);

lchown($link, 8);
?>


Note: This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.
Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.
Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.