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<refentry xml:id="function.posix-access" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>posix_access</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Determine accessibility of a file
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>posix_access</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>flags</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>posix_access</function> checks the user's permission of a file.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The name of the file to be tested.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>flags</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        A mask consisting of one or more of <constant>POSIX_F_OK</constant>,
        <constant>POSIX_R_OK</constant>, <constant>POSIX_W_OK</constant> and
        <constant>POSIX_X_OK</constant>.
       </para>
       <para>
        <constant>POSIX_R_OK</constant>, <constant>POSIX_W_OK</constant> and
        <constant>POSIX_X_OK</constant> request checking whether the file
        exists and has read, write and execute permissions, respectively.
        <constant>POSIX_F_OK</constant> just requests checking for the
        existence of the file.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>posix_access</function> example</title>
    <para>
     This example will check if the $file is readable and writable, otherwise
     will print an error message.
    </para>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$file = 'some_file';

if (posix_access($file, POSIX_R_OK | POSIX_W_OK)) {
    echo 'The file is readable and writable!';

} else {
    $error = posix_get_last_error();

    echo "Error $error: " . posix_strerror($error);
}

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>posix_get_last_error</function></member>
    <member><function>posix_strerror</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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