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# lchown

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)

lchown — Changes user ownership of symlink

### Description

bool lchown ( string `$filename` , mixed `$user` )

Attempts to change the owner of the symlink `filename` to user `user`.

Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.

### Parameters

`filename`

  Path to the file.

`user`

  User name or number.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 Changing the owner of a symbolic link

`<?php
$target = 'output.php';
$link = 'output.html';
symlink($target, $link);
lchown($link, 8);
?>`

### Notes

> Note: This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

> Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.

> Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

### See Also

- chown() - Changes file owner
- lchgrp() - Changes group ownership of symlink
- chgrp() - Changes file group
- chmod() - Changes file mode

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