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Text lesson

lchown()

Example

Modify the ownership of a symbolic link by the user:

<?php
$target = “downloads.php”;
$link = “downloads”;
symlink($target, $link);

lchown($link, 8)
?>

Definition and Usage

A symbolic link’s owner can be modified by the user using the lchown() function.

Note: This is a filesystem link rather than an HTML link.

Note: Windows platforms are incompatible with this function.

Syntax

lchown(file, group)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
file	Essential. specifies the symlink’s path.
group	Essential. Provides the name or number of the new user.

Technical Details

Return Value:	FALSE when it fails, TRUE when it succeeds
PHP Version:	5.1.3+