posix_access

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

posix_access Determine accessibility of a file

Description

posix_access(string $filename, int $flags = 0): bool

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

Parameters

filename

The name of the file to be tested.

flags

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

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