. PHP Manual . Prev . Next . (PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) chown -- Changes file owner . int chown ( string filename, mixed user) . Attempts to change the owner of the file filename to user user (specified by name or number). Only the superuser may change the owner of a file. Returns TRUE on success; otherwise returns FALSE . See also chown() and chmod() . Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms. Prev . Home . Next . chmod . Up . clearstatcache