Gets file owner (original) (raw)

fileowner

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

fileowner — Gets file owner

Description

fileowner ( string $filename ) : int

Parameters

filename

Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns the user ID of the owner of the file, or FALSE on failure. The user ID is returned in numerical format, useposix_getpwuid() to resolve it to a username.

Examples

Example #1 Finding the owner of a file

<?php $filename = 'index.php'; print_r(posix_getpwuid(fileowner($filename))); ?>

Errors/Exceptions

Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.

Notes

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

See Also

• filegroup() - Gets file group
• stat() - Gives information about a file
• posix_getpwuid() - Return info about a user by user id