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<h1 class="refname">lchown</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">lchown</span> — <span class="dc-title">Changes user ownership of symlink</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.lchown-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>lchown</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$user</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Attempts to change the owner of the symlink <code class="parameter">filename</code>
to user <code class="parameter">user</code>.
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<p class="para">
Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.lchown-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<code class="parameter">filename</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Path to the file.
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</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">user</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
User name or number.
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</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.lchown-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.lchown-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2907">
<p><strong>Example #1 Changing the owner of a symbolic link</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$target </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'output.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'output.html'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">symlink</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$target</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">lchown</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">8</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.lchown-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">This function will not work on
<a href="features.remote-files.html" class="link">remote files</a> as the file to
be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.</span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">When <a href="features.safe-mode.html" class="link">safe mode</a> is enabled, PHP checks whether
the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the
script that is being executed.</span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">This function is not
implemented on Windows platforms.</span></p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.lchown-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.chown.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">chown()</a> - Changes file owner</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.lchgrp.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">lchgrp()</a> - Changes group ownership of symlink</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.chgrp.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">chgrp()</a> - Changes file group</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.chmod.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">chmod()</a> - Changes file mode</span></li>
</ul>
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