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<refentry xml:id="function.lchown" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>lchown</refname>
  <refpurpose>Changes user ownership of symlink</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>lchown</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>int</type></type><parameter>user</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Attempts to change the owner of the symlink <parameter>filename</parameter>
   to user <parameter>user</parameter>.
  </para>
  <para>
   Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Path to the file.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>user</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       User name or number.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Changing the owner of a symbolic link</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$target = 'output.php';
$link = 'output.html';
symlink($target, $link);

lchown($link, 8);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  &note.no-remote;
  &note.no-windows;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>chown</function></member>
    <member><function>lchgrp</function></member>
    <member><function>chgrp</function></member>
    <member><function>chmod</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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