lchown

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7, PHP 8)

lchown — Changes user ownership of symlink

lchown(string $filename, string|int $user): bool

Attempts to change the owner of the symlink filename to user user.

Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.

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: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

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