(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7)
lchown — Changes user ownership of symlink
Attempts to change the owner of the symlink filename
to user user
.
Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.
filename
Path to the file.
user
User name or number.
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
Example #1 Changing the owner of a symbolic link
<?php
$target = 'output.php';
$link = 'output.html';
symlink($target, $link);
lchown($link, 8);
?>
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.