posix_access
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
posix_access — Determine accessibility of a file
Description
posix_access ( string $file [, int $mode = POSIX_F_OK ] ) : bool
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
andPOSIX_X_OK
.POSIX_R_OK
,POSIX_W_OK
andPOSIX_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 $file = 'some_file'; if (posix_access($file, POSIX_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
See Also
- posix_get_last_error() - Retrieve the error number set by the last posix function that failed
- posix_strerror() - Retrieve the system error message associated with the given errno
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.posix-access.php