PHP Tutorial - PHP filegroup() Function






Definition

The filegroup() function returns the group ID of the specified file.

Syntax

PHP filegroup() Function has the following syntax.

filegroup(filename)

Parameter

ParameterIs RequiredDescription
filenameRequired.File to check

Return

This function returns the group ID on success or FALSE on failure.

Note

The result of this function are cached. Use clearstatcache() to clear the cache.

This function doesn't produce useful results on Windows systems.

Use posix_getgrgid() to convert the group ID to a group name.





Example

Get the file group information


<?php
echo filegroup("test.txt");
?>

The code above generates the following result.