php man page for fileowner

FILEOWNER(3)								 1							      FILEOWNER(3)

fileowner - Gets file owner

SYNOPSIS
       int fileowner (string  $filename)

DESCRIPTION
	Gets the file owner.

PARAMETERS
	      o $filename
		- Path to the file.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns  the  user ID of the owner of the file, or FALSE on failure. The user ID is returned in numerical format, use posix_getpwuid(3) to
       resolve it to a username.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Finding the owner of a file

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

ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS
	Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.

NOTES
       Note

	      The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache(3) for more details.

       Tip

	      As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols  and  Wrappers"  to  determine
	      which wrappers support stat(3) family of functionality.

SEE ALSO
       filegroup(3), stat(3), posix_getpwuid(3).

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