Return the effective group ID of the current process (original) (raw)

posix_getegid

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

posix_getegid — Return the effective group ID of the current process

Description

posix_getegid ( void ) : int

Return the numeric effective group ID of the current process.

Return Values

Returns an integer of the effective group ID.

Examples

Example #1 posix_getegid() example

This example will print out the effective group id, once it is changed with posix_setegid().

<?php echo 'My real group id is '.posix_getgid(); //20 posix_setegid(40); echo 'My real group id is '.posix_getgid(); //20 echo 'My effective group id is '.posix_getegid(); //40 ?>

See Also

• posix_getgrgid() - Return info about a group by group id
• posix_getgid() - Return the real group ID of the current process
• posix_setgid() - Set the GID of the current process