WP_Filesystem_SSH2::chown( string $file, string|int $owner, bool $recursive = false ): bool

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Changes the owner of a file or directory.

Parameters

$filestringrequired
Path to the file or directory.
$ownerstring|intrequired
A user name or number.
$recursivebooloptional
If set to true, changes file owner recursively.

Default:false

Return

bool True on success, false on failure.

Source

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

	if ( ! $recursive || ! $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
		return $this->run_command( sprintf( 'chown %s %s', escapeshellarg( $owner ), escapeshellarg( $file ) ), true );
	}

	return $this->run_command( sprintf( 'chown -R %s %s', escapeshellarg( $owner ), escapeshellarg( $file ) ), true );
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.7.0Introduced.

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