PHP Tutorial - PHP chown() Function

Definition

The chown() function changes the owner of the specified file.

Syntax

PHP chown() Function has the following syntax.

chown(file,owner)

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
file	Required.	File to check
owner	Required.	New owner. Can be a user name or a user ID.

Return

PHP chown() Function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.

Example

chown() attempts to change the file to be owned by the user. On success, true is returned; otherwise, false.

The second parameter can either be a username or a user ID number.


<?PHP
      if (chown("myfile.txt", "tom")) {
             print "File owner changed.\n";
      } else {
            print "File ownership change failed!\n";
      }
      
      chown("test.txt","Jack");
?>

The code above generates the following result.