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# chown

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

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; otherwise returns `FALSE`.

See also chown() and chmod().

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

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