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# fileowner

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

fileowner -- Gets file owner

## Description

``int fileowner` (string filename)`

Returns the user ID of the owner of the file, or `FALSE` in case of an error. The user ID is returned in numerical format, use posix_getpwuid() to resolve it to a username.

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

This function will not work on remote files; the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

> Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

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