fileowner

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets file owner

Description

fileowner(string $filename): int|false

Gets the file owner.

Parameters

filename: Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns the user ID of the owner of the file, Falseforfailure. The user ID is returned in numerical format, use posix_getpwuid() to resolve it to a username.

Errors/Exceptions Failure

Examples

Finding the owner of a file

php

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