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# chown

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

chown -- Changes file owner

## Description

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 or `FALSE` on failure.

See also chmod().

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