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fileowner

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

fileowner — Gets file owner

Description

int fileowner ( string $filename )

Gets the file owner.

Parameters

filename

Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns the user ID of the owner of the file, or FALSE in case of an error. The user ID is returned in numerical format, use posix_getpwuid() to resolve it to a username.

Notes

Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

Tip

As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.

See Also



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fileowner
joacorck at gmail dot com
26-Feb-2007 08:20
This function only works if the permissions are more less than 666
29-Jan-2006 07:58
Small note: the function resolves symbolic links. That is, if the link is created by user 999 and maps to a file owned by user 666, this function returns 666 :(

fileperms> <filemtime
Last updated: Fri, 18 Jul 2008
 
 
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