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Determine accessibility of a file
POSIX Functions
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posix_access

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

posix_access Determine accessibility of a file

Description

bool posix_access ( string $file [, int $mode = POSIX_F_OK ] )

posix_access() checks the user's permission of a file.

Parameters

file

The name of the file to be tested.

mode

A mask consisting of one or more of POSIX_F_OK, POSIX_R_OK, POSIX_W_OK and POSIX_X_OK.

POSIX_R_OK, POSIX_W_OK and POSIX_X_OK request checking whether the file exists and has read, write and execute permissions, respectively. POSIX_F_OK just requests checking for the existence of the file.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 posix_access() example

This example will check if the $file is readable and writable, otherwise will print an error message.

<?php

$file 
'some_file';

if (
posix_access($filePOSIX_R_OK POSIX_W_OK)) {
    echo 
'The file is readable and writable!';

} else {
    
$error posix_get_last_error();

    echo 
"Error $error: " posix_strerror($error);
}

?>

Notes

Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.

See Also


POSIX Functions
PHP Manual