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

posix_getgid

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

posix_getgid — Return the real group ID of the current process

Description

posix_getgid ( void ) : int

Return the numeric real group ID of the current process.

Return Values

Returns the real group id, as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 posix_getgid() example

This example will print out the real group id, even once the effective group id has been changed.

<?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_getegid() - Return the effective group ID of the current process
• posix_setgid() - Set the GID of the current process
• POSIX man page GETGID(2)