PHP | lchown() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP lchown() Function.

The built-in PHP lchown() function changes the user ownership of a symlink.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

bool lchown ( string $filename , mixed $user )

READ: PHP | is_writeable() Function

This built-in function can attempt to change the owner of a symlink filename to the user, and only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.

Return Value

This PHP function returns true on success, or false on failure.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $target = "/PhpProject/PhpTest.php";
   $link = "/PhpProject/test.html";
   symlink($target, $link);

   lchown($link, 8);
?>

READ: PHP | lchgrp() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP link() Function.

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