posix_getgrgid
(PHP 3>= 3.0.13, PHP 4 , PHP 5)
posix_getgrgid -- Return info about a group by group id
Description
array
posix_getgrgid ( int gid )
Returns an array of information about a group and
FALSE on failure. If gid isn't a number
then NULL is returned and an E_WARNING
level error is generated.
Example 1. Example use of posix_getgrgid()
<?php
$groupid = posix_getegid();
$groupinfo = posix_getgrgid($groupid);
print_r($groupinfo);
?>
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An example output:
Array
(
[name] => toons
[passwd] => x
[members] => Array
(
[0] => tom
[1] => jerry
)
[gid] => 42
) |
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Note:
As of PHP 4.2.0, members is returned as an array of member
usernames in the group. Before this time it was simply an
integer (the number of members in the group) and the member
names were returned with numerical indices.
See also posix_getegid(),
filegroup(),
stat(), and
safe_mode_gid.