WP_Filesystem_Direct::chown │ public │ WP 2.5.0

Changes the owner of a file or directory.

Method of the class: WP_Filesystem_Direct{}

No Hooks.

Returns

true|false. True on success, false on failure.

Usage

$WP_Filesystem_Direct = new WP_Filesystem_Direct();
$WP_Filesystem_Direct->chown( $file, $owner, $recursive );

$file(string) (required)

Path to the file or directory.

$owner(string|int) (required)

A user name or number.

$recursive(true|false)

If set to true, changes file owner recursively.
Default: false

Changelog

WP_Filesystem_Direct::chown() WP Filesystem Direct::chown code ^{WP 6.9.1}

public function chown( $file, $owner, $recursive = false ) {
	if ( ! $this->exists( $file ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( ! $recursive ) {
		return chown( $file, $owner );
	}

	if ( ! $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
		return chown( $file, $owner );
	}

	// Is a directory, and we want recursive.
	$filelist = $this->dirlist( $file );

	foreach ( $filelist as $filename ) {
		$this->chown( $file . '/' . $filename, $owner, $recursive );
	}

	return true;
}