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# chroot

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5)

chroot -- change the root directory

## Description

``bool chroot` (string directory)`

Changes the root directory of the current process to `directory`. Returns `FALSE` if unable to change the root directory, `TRUE` otherwise.

> Note: It's not wise to use this function when running in a webserver environment, because it's not possible to reset the root directory to / again at the end of the request. This function will only function correct when running as CGI this way.

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